If you want to get new buyers into the bicycle buying cycle = make it simple to ride the terrain. That means lower gears. Hills are hard.
For older experienced riders - lower gears (and clutched rd's) let us remember the legs we used to have on hard terrain when derailleurs would only handle a 14/26 cogset.
I have a 13/30 freewheel coming for a bike, largest cogset i will have ever ridden on a roadie.
edit: But I have a gravel bike with 46/30 chainrings. Sometimes I like to ride slowly.
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Last edited by Wildwood; 08-20-22 at 10:00 AM.