His Brain is Gone!
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If you are riding in the higher gears of your 2nd ring, then you could switch to the middle gears in the big ring, as they are about the same. See how high you can go & still maintain your cadence without mashing.
The lower gears on the big ring are well down into the range on the middle ring. There's a lot of overlap. No need to stay on the middle ring exclusively. But then again, there's no need to use the big one if you aren't spinning out while in the middle one.