I think I find the idea of a 1x strange to ride: shifting only one end instead of both, especially when I'm very tuned to shifting multiple front rings. Not looking to haul heavy loads, when I travel I travel fairly light unless I'm also hauling my camera gear along. Overall gear range is easy to come by, as mentioned above the super wide ranges of some rears, but then I have to wonder how it is to ride with such necessarily large steps from cog to cog. I'm guessing that requires a bit different approach to gear selection vs. terrain. I have a certain cadence range that I find very comfortable and can sustain for long periods of time, and with close gearing it makes for nice tuning of speed/cadence. A wide step between I think would feel odd.