I confess I don't buy bikes; I buy frames and assemble things myself. My last bike was a Salsa Vaya. I put a 20-32-42 crank (94-58) and originally put it together as a 12-32 8 spd. That gave me a nice range 1- to 95 inch range. I then discovered the 12-36 9 spd and converted it to 9. Now I use the 32-36 combination quite a bit (24 in.) but hardly have a need to use the 20 ring, so I suspect I could easily live with the more common 22-32-42 cranks.