Originally Posted by
tdk27
I agree it’s a bit of an odd balance. I guess the reason for it might be that if you’re looking for a 1:1 bottom gear, you get the slightly higher top gear by going with 52/36 and 11-36 vs a 50/34 and 11-34. Of course, you do get some slightly wider jumps elsewhere in the cassette as the price of that.
Yeah, nothing wrong with it in theory. You just don’t see that combination very often (if ever) on standard new bike builds.