>>957112Man I don't see how this is helping the guy buying a bike but here we go:
>Both the Defy 3 ( yours) and the Defy 5 have 50x11 top gears.Well mines a couple years old but has a 12-30, just FYI.
>Chainrings lower than 50 for road bikes basically might as well not exist.Which is why pros dont ALL have a 34,36,39 inner chainrings?
>CX crankswat?
>The majority of cassettes now start with 11tOK? I never disagreed with that. But that doesn't mean an 11t cassette is automatically the best option. Your calling me stupid and inexperienced just because you fall for the retarded dick-measuring marketing from manufacturers "hurr higher gear = better".. how about another gear that you will actually use instead of pointless 50x11? (protip: plenty of people with much more experience than you VOLUNTARILY remove such high gears from their cassette to give themselves more mid-range, because noone really needs a 50x11 in everyday use.)
Also, yes most 11 speed cassettes go down to 11t, but this is an 8 speed cassette, you might not be old enough to remember but when everyone was using less sprockets, it was much more common to see a 12t or even 13t final sprocket. This 8sp cassette trying to act like an 11sp one is my main criticism.
Anyway, the crux of it all is this: If you can get to 75 km/h before spinning out in 50x11, you should be able to get to 65 km/h in 50x13, and who the fuck is putting power down above 65 km/h on a fucking trek 1.1??
>This isn't to say I agree with the rest of your things on the list, simply that you're just going to say "nuh-uh, you're dumb" etc,Dunno why youre being so aggressive, the guy asked for opinions about the bike and I offered them
>It's not even fair to compare a sora spec bike to a claris spec bikeThe trek 1.1 with some claris but mostly offbrand components, and the giant defy with almost full sora, are THE SAME PRICE
Dunno why I'm bothering to reply but here u go anyway
