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Re: Who will be doubling up?

My thoughts on that was that for not much extra cost(about $90), you can get much greater reliability by just getting two more gearboxes.

With a relatively untested gearbox, I'd be hesitant to put two cim's through a single one. Two separate gear boxes per side will reduce the strain on the gears in each gearbox and provide at least some power on each side even if a gearbox fails.

Any weight difference between the adapter weight and the gearboxes could probably be made up with less chain use.
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