The whole problem of wide spacing is overstated.

At a minimum, one adapts. Adapt means better able to push big gears and spin smaller gears. Your range of usable cadence will be wider out of simple necessity. You will be a more versatile rider.

There are times where a tightly spaced gears makes sense and it takes some time to get used to wider spacing but switching back and forth between a wide spaced gravel bike and a narrower road bike for example, will make you a better, faster rider.


-Tim-