Originally Posted by Banzai

Not talking about gear range here. We're talking about the gaps, and how people are achieving the ranges of double and triple cranks with massive gaps in the cassette.

Specifically, about the fact that gaps like that were once frowned upon, but now people are running pie-plate sized rear cogs everywhere.

The gaps have been cited, on multiple occasions, as a drawback in the Alfine 8. Yet, here we are with cassettes.