I have an off brand mountain bike that has a 3x7 drive. I really don't need all those gears. I mainly ride on the road and treat it as more of an urban/ town bike. I will never use it on a serious trail.
One of the issues is that as much as I tune it, I can't seem to get it to stay in proper gears with out double shifting. And since I pretty much ride exclusively in the mid gears, I was thinking about the swap. I even took it to a bike shop and they tuned it, but was back to missing within a week.
I reached out to the distributor and they said the Deore was a fit. I'm not looking for high end and this is a budget bike.
The only real downside I've heard people talk about is that 1x's work the chain and teeth more, and that could cause more wear.
I also have to figure out how to identify the hubs and bracket specs.
Thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.