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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker

So after your pithy analysis, what wisdom with regard to the original question do you have to offer?
My advice would have been to change to a cyclocross crank, 48T large ring and 36 or 34T small, but I was beaten to it by a similar suggestion, saw you reject it, so went no further.

Down side is that 1 tooth cassette jumps represent slightly larger ratio changes, but a 12-25 now covers the gamut that your 13-26 proposal would. And a 12-25 is lighter. And readily available.
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