Originally Posted by
tomtomtom123
I have 12-34T 10 speed cassette, with 44/24T chainrings. It has 519% gear range, with fairly close gear spacing at the top, and larger jumps at the bottom.

Dang, look at how many times you have to shift to get from one end of your range to the other end and back! That's a real pain when riding V shaped rollers. That alone would keep me riding triples.