Originally Posted by
Pete Fagerlin
You're also ignoring the fact that in rolling tech terrain, where the rider wants to stay in the middle ring, a 32 or 34 lets them stay in the middle ring on short stingers, rather than having to shift down to the little ring.
I see where you are coming from and your right there is a need for larger cogs in some cases.. just for the sake of arguing why stop at 34?? why not a 40 tooth cog on the back?