bikeworkshop
Senior Retro Guru
The close ratio doesn't matter much with offroad mtb, although it's led to 11, 12, 13 speed in order to close up the spacing on 11-50 and the like,
but if you're on a 10km road with an engineered gradient those wide steps can feel nasty.
but if you're on a 10km road with an engineered gradient those wide steps can feel nasty.