Originally Posted by
PeteHski
Ekar has 1 tooth gaps across the 6 highest gears and then progressively larger gaps on the lower end. Sounds good to me. Better than my current 2x 11-34 in that regard.
not better than my 12-29 cassette, which has 1–t gaps for 6 gears, and never more than 3t, and with a compact gives me (juuuuuust about) enough range to get up the 1500ft mountains around here. And I’ve had cassettes without that 16, and I do miss it.
I get why people don’t like front shifting, but for me the great advantage of modern wide cassettes and brifters is that you can get through a ride with only a handful of front shifts; basically one downshift per mountain unless it has a very long downhill section.
I have a “some day in the future” gravel bike plan to pair a 42-26 double with a 11-36 9 speed cassette. Big ring on pretty much all paved surfaces, and drop to the little ring when off road.