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TooTallTim
Hang on, if you look at my graph of gear number versus ratio, you can see that all I'm doing is making the average step about the same as 19 to 18.
If that's a jump worth having at lower speed, surely there's a use for it at higher speed, no?
I mean, ideally you'd have a CVT that didn't add drag and weigh a ton, but since this provides what you say is more gears than you need for a mere 50g of extra chainring, what's not to like? The gears are there if you want them, otherwise a no-brainer to skip.
Also, imagine the system knew where not only cranks were in the rotation, but cassette too, and delayed shifts to the perfect moment for a seamless shift.
If every shift was so perfect the chain never jumped, you could maybe even have it shift for you, and just tell it how hard you want to go.
Someone jailbreak Di2!