this is the future - triples with 28/30/34.Maybe I could go down to a 30t or 28t chain ring... oh man this is a rabbit hole.
Because life gets in the way of riding my time comes in clumps. I might get out every weekend and a couple of mid weeks for a while, and then the bike hibernates for a couple of months. When I'm riding regularly the low gear seems less relevant. When its an odd weekend here and there I need my granny gear. 34-50 on a 27.5+ sometimes seems to tall an order for me. if its a long fire road climb then year I might just get off and walk. if its a short steep section though I don't want to be on and off all the time. bonus of the plus tires is in that really low gear you can still keep moving forward on some steep stuff.