Originally Posted by
veganbikes
You are coming from a roadie position which is different from mountain bike riding. Even the pros are using similar gearing so unless you are some super pro why would you not use a similar gearing to what everyone else is using for good reason. On a smooth flat road it is much easier to grind when encountering roots, rocks, mud and other loose bits it is better to have a more sensible gearing.
You do you I guess but for someone who has been doing this a while to deny that having useful gearing is well useful just doesn't make sense. But I guess if all your time is on an extremely different surface it might be tough to change that mindset when you don't know it as well or at all.
I'm not denying that useful gearing is useful, I'm denying that, for me and maybe not for you, a 32X51
isn't useful for me. I can't see ever using it.
On that note, getting a cassette, with a low gear you only use once or twice a year, maybe isn't the wisest decision.