Gotcha. Well, one scenario is to run 1x with something between 32-38 up front and go with a 11-50 cassette. It will get you close to your ideal. Yes there will be some gaps larger than you'd like but I have large range cassettes on a few of my bikes and for the most part I am not bothered by the jumps. Having said that I'm in the process of cannibalizing some other close range cassettes to get smaller jumps on the high end (all this on 10 speed setups).