Originally Posted by hamandcheese
Not trying to hijack this thread but I think this question could help to OP as well.
When you want to go to a harder gear, is it easier to switch the chain ring or the cog?
I have a casette rear wheel so, technically, it is easier to switch the cog, yet for bigger changes is is easiest to change both, so the chain length = effective wheelbase remains the same. ( I am lucky enough to have 43, 50, 52 chainrings now when 46T one went to nolageek).