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34 x 11 is plenty big on tight/tech stuff.
Mine is setup so it won't cross chain like that, but I agree with the general principle of this. I just change into big ring out of habit mostly and since you don't often get a nice gradual transition to the climb, just dumping from big to small ring tends to work a lot better than having to move all the way up or down the cassette.
Basically 2x is better and #hippyisalwaysright
Can I interest you guys in a Mac vs PC argument?
hippy
if you have a wide 2x system you can easily avoid shifting the big ring constantly on singletrack. especially with di2. i ride singletrack all the time with 50/34 x 11-40. singletrack i'm basically always in the small ring. 34 x 11 is plenty big on tight/tech stuff. in any case di2 fd are so good that you can shift it really most any time without a hassle.