Leisesturm

I would cross that bridge, if and when I get to it. I cruise in a gear like what you are describing. For launches I am in the granny (smallest front ring) and my granny is a lot smaller than yours I can assure you. You might try your granny and the same middleish of the cluster rear cog and see how that works. As soon as you get rolling you can shift up to the middle ring, exactly like using the manual tranny in a car, you are literally in 1st gear for about 2 seconds. The instant you get any forward motion at all you are shifting up to 2nd. You almost start to think you don't need 1st gear at all, until you try starting off in 2nd gear. You only do that once.