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@miro_o
If you’re thinking this hard about gear range 1x seems a bit silly to me. Long climbs on 48 x thirtywhatever and all that chain sounds like a bad idea.
1x makes most sense for a simple to use/clean setup when ultimate range and a few gaps aren’t a problem. Cross, mtb, commuting etc.
Something like 42 x 11-28 would be alright around town imho.