Originally Posted by
dscoduc
I have recently converted a 1x10 11-36 to a 1x10 11-42 and I can say that there is plenty of gear range for most of what you will want to do. For the larger cassette I had to go with a Long Cage derailleur and so far I am really happy with the setup.
What chainring (like, how many teeth) did you go with that? What is the terrain like where you ride? Our gravel roads here are pretty flat to mostly rolling hills; no big inclines where I'd have to drop it into a long time granny gearing effort. In fact, wind plays more of a spoiler here. Road surfaces are mostly packed here on fringes of the big city and it's accompanying urban sprawl.