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Agree with the "just lock out the granny ring." I am 64 and use the granny riding the mt roads in Colorado as a "rest" break from the higher gears without stopping. I can tell you from experience that friends who insisted on using the big gears all the time all have knee problems as they age. I have always been a high rev rider and have zero knee problems. I have been riding ten speeds since 1955 and have a lot of examples to choose from.