Originally Posted by rodscot

Thanks for that advice. Often, I do ride on the 46/12 combination when on flat roads. Do you mean having to make double shifts to skip some sprockets? I do that often now skipping the single tooth increments. I had hoped, initially, to be able to replace the 12 - 30 cassette with something like an 11 - 36 [.........I think that was what I looked at] but the derailleur would not handle that range.