Yeah - that could be considered tall gearing for some bikes but it really depends on the rear casette and the intent of the bike as well.

That crankset started off on a Kona Jake The Snake cyclocross bike with a 12 - 25 casette. The original chainring combo made sense for that dicipline where 50 /36 ringset combos are also pretty classic.

But the BB and crankset ended up on a triathlon machine with a 12 - 22 rear cassette. On the road the higher gearing makes a lot more sense - particularly since the smaller chainring is what I use almost exclusevely. The 50 tooth is reserved exclusevely for `overdrive`.