Originally Posted by
mcours2006
My understanding was that cross chaining is when you use go something like 34/11 or 50/25, not necessarily, "using the 50 a lot with the 5 lower gears, and the 34 a lot with the 5 higher gears" which seems to me a completely natural thing to do.
Correct. But even then, it's a non-issue in most cases. I cross-chain whenever the hell it suits me.