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Your lowest and highest gears should only be an occasional treat anyway if you ask me. If you're spending a lot of time in either then you're over-geared or under-geared.
Unless you're doing something very specific and weird like Everesting and you want to set your lowest gear precisely at the point that'll get you up the hill and no lower.
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TheArchitect
It’s the same range, but with lots of gaps in that range. Plus realistically, using the lowest gear can only be an occasional treat as the drivetrain will protest, very noisily.