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kjlem
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I ride a lot of hills and for a lot of time so my preference these days is always lower, lower, lower.
46/30 GRX crankset with either an 11-36T road cassette or 11-42T MTB cassette. Most of the time I ride the 11-42T on the road too. People sook about big jumps between cogs but that's what varying your cadence is for (SS FG forum after all). I only care about small jumps when TTing.
Always hydro brakes spits at cable discs
Bigger tyres and if you can afford it, I'd have a set of road wheels and a set of gravel wheels setup so you can swap between the two quickly (ie. same size and same cassette on each for least faff).
The frame itself is almost certainly a waste of money upgrading (says the guy that just bought a Crux).