alt Hacker NewsShimano reels are the best I dumped Penn and switched everything over. I’d like to add a Talica to the collection.
I love their group sets and a 1x11 blew my mind during covid. I was always used to 3x setups and I don’t think 1x’s were around when I was a kid.
1x11 is a fairly recent thing. Came out in the last ~8 years, really. I was hesitant about going 1x, but did on my gravel bike (1x12) and it's a nice way to cut complexity, weight, and improve maintainability. That's not to say the era of the front derailleur is over -- I think they've still got their place on road bikes.