Originally Posted by voltman
I get less cross-chaining and noise with a 50/36 v. 50/34.
Same here and I've been pretty happy with it. I might swap the 12 tooth spocket for an 11 because I pedal out sometime at 36x11. This happens mostly on a downhill run where a climb will soon follow. No point in going to the big ring just to drop back down to the 36.