Originally Posted by
Aidoneus
Lower gear for hills while loaded touring. Plus, I really don't have much need for any gears as high as the stock 48t allows. Of course, I have no idea if this change will produce less or more redundancy in gear choices.
Redundancy is probaly the same. You can enter your chainring and cog sizes into an online gear chart if you want to see the specifics.
# 1 - I don't know, but someone here probably does.
# 5 - Don't think so