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i know a lot of people who grab about 52t or 53t and than i don't see them using the full cassette. My road bike has a 50t/34t with 11-25 and to be honest i think it's great for 99% of the rides.
Try to set the bike a cassette with a 11t and you'll see that you don't need many changes.
If you feel that you run out of gears with 50/11 man, than you're ridding hard ;)

Thanks for the replies everyone, I actually only have 12-28 on the back, and I use the 50x12 regularly on descents, especially the long straightish ones where I really want to be able to power on and just can't. I think the obvious option is to try 11-27 which I will when I need to replace this cassette, but I have picked up a spare 12-28 with another purchase so my inner cheapskate will want to wear that out too before I buy anything else...

At the other end of the spectrum I don't use the 34/28 often, although I did yesterday on the last few climbs of a very hilly 90 miles in the rain in the peak yesterday.

Also I am using sora 9 speed, so upgrading the chainset means I have to upgrade a whole load of other stuff, not realy an option right now.