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Seriously tho
You’ve just armchair questioning someone who done quite possibly the hardest road/gravel races on the forum (excluding skinny).
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You’ve just armchair questioning someone who done quite possibly the hardest road/gravel races on the forum (excluding skinny).
It's simple math really, any lower gear and you're into walking speeds/you'd probably be walking anyway.
@hippy I get the "I wish I had more gears" point, was trying to undestand what extreme scenario would actually make it worth it to have a longer chain, tweak an RD and run a massive cassette with large gear jumps.
giofox
Seriously tho, can you depict a ride where you'd need both a 50x11 gear ratio and a 34x46 considering a cadance range of 70-120?
GRX crankset 46/30 + 11-40 cassette would be plenty for most situations I'd imagine