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The 20% jump is only to the 10 tooth cog. So that number is slightly
misleading and I'd agree too big a jump. Otherwise the 11-36 has all the same
jumps as the 10-42, including the 16.7% jump (which rounds up to 17%, not the
16% you've claimed) from 18 to 21. In practice the difference between 16.7%
and 15.3% is debatably small.
Anyway, you've definitely thought your setup through and the 22/32 is a good
way to achieve a low gear while maintaining smaller jumps on the cogset. It's
a gear nerded setup that not many people will end up running, even if it makes
sense.
It still doesn't address the issue of front derailleurs being an added
complication nor the consideration that some riders may in fact be just fine
with giving up top end gears (which seems to be the major sticking point of
this article for the veteran 2x guys).
Aug. 22, 2014, 1:11 p.m. - Morgan Taylor
#!markdown The 20% jump is only to the 10 tooth cog. So that number is slightly misleading and I'd agree too big a jump. Otherwise the 11-36 has all the same jumps as the 10-42, including the 16.7% jump (which rounds up to 17%, not the 16% you've claimed) from 18 to 21. In practice the difference between 16.7% and 15.3% is debatably small. Anyway, you've definitely thought your setup through and the 22/32 is a good way to achieve a low gear while maintaining smaller jumps on the cogset. It's a gear nerded setup that not many people will end up running, even if it makes sense. It still doesn't address the issue of front derailleurs being an added complication nor the consideration that some riders may in fact be just fine with giving up top end gears (which seems to be the major sticking point of this article for the veteran 2x guys).