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SRAM came up with a beautiful (chromed) and inexpensive 12-32t 7s cassette a few years back, and Shimano promptly copied it tooth-for-tooth, but with a black, printed-up largest cog (yuck). Both cassettes are still widely available and the ratios make sense though perhaps less so for sport-oriented riding (basically the mega-gap has been split between the three largest cogs).