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So I went with 42/17 in the end.
I didn't want to faff about with chainwhip and hook wrench, and I found a nice and cheap 42t chainring online.
42/17 feels great accelerating and decelerating and for anything around town. Only on long flat straight roads it feels a little slow/spinny.
I feel the urge to raise the bars a bit and mount a front rack.