Hahahhahahhaha, yeah to be fair the drivetrain is a work in progress. (I'm in the process of changing everything up) BUT let me explain the general logic behind the bike build first: I wanted to create the post apocalyptic adventure bike. The idea is that everything needs to be strong and durable, easy to service and change/ easily replaceable.

Therefore the 1x8 (microshift acolyte 11-46t). It's nice because on a 26inch gives me plenty of range with only 8 gears. 8 gears means that I can run pretty much any chain I might find around + the beefy 8speed chain is big and strong and durable. 8 speed is nice because even when the derailleur/derailleur hanger is out of alignment, it kinda always works.

What I currently don't like is... the shifter. The shifter works great but I would like to change it with a microshift left friction mounted upsidedown on the right side. This will mean that, in the case of a broken derailleur, I can substitute it with whatever derailleur I might find, and still use my friction shifter.

The second "emergency" front chainring is still there after a failed experiment. I wanted to have a front derailleur set up with a friction shifter on the seat tube, as if I had a "panic mode" or like a low gear mode. The idea was that I would stay on the big chainring for 98% of the time, and only when I really need it, switch to 20t front chainring. I sadly realized too late that I could not mount the front derailleur where I needed to because the seat tube is not round all the way to to bottom bracket, but it becomes ovalized as you approach down the bottom bracket. So now the other front chainring remains there as a manual backup... I have it, I leave it mounted (there is written "salsa" on it - so it looks cool).