There is one other "revelation" point that rubbed me the wrong way; the supposedly more balanced steps between cassette cogs. The previous 42-52 step is somewhat big (did we even need a 52t cog? Or was 50t adequate, in which case 42-50 was probably fine.). But Sram simply moved the excessively large step down a couple of gears, to 32-38. I would argue that having a large step in the middle of the cassette breaks the rhythm up more than having a big step to the bail out gear.
March 24, 2023, 4:28 a.m. - Polk
There is one other "revelation" point that rubbed me the wrong way; the supposedly more balanced steps between cassette cogs. The previous 42-52 step is somewhat big (did we even need a 52t cog? Or was 50t adequate, in which case 42-50 was probably fine.). But Sram simply moved the excessively large step down a couple of gears, to 32-38. I would argue that having a large step in the middle of the cassette breaks the rhythm up more than having a big step to the bail out gear.