>I am waiting for gearboxes to become competitive with derailleurs You mean the internal gear hubs? They've been competitive for over a hundred years[1]. I h

>I am waiting for gearboxes to become competitive with derailleurs You mean the internal gear hubs? They've been competitive for over a hundred years[1]. I had a bike with an 8-speed SRAM[2], it worked fine (got stolen one day). [1]https://www.sheldonbrown.com/internal-gears.html https://www.sheldonbrown.com/internal-gears.html [2]https://www.sheldonbrown.com/sram-g8.html https://www.sheldonbrown.com/sram-g8.html