I keep trying to point this out to people! The ultra small cogs make for larger gaps and cause more friction. The introduction of a 10t on AXS doubles makes no sense to me.
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Originally Posted by Mark McM
Ah yes, the Math. By pushing the idea of "as many 1t jumps as possible", Campy is hoping that people are bad at Math.
Having 1 tooth jumps sounds good, but the Math doesn't work out. That's because it isn't the the absolute value of the tooth differences between different sprockets that matters - what matters is the percent difference in teeth between different sprockets. For example, the gap between a 9 and a 10 tooth sprocket is only 1 tooth - but that's an 11% difference. That's the same as the 4 tooth difference between a 36 and a 40 tooth sprocket.
Others may be different, but I prefer equal size gaps between all the sprockets. By having many 1 tooth jumps at the small end of the cassette, Campagnolo ends up with larger jumps at the big end of the cassette. Campagnolo can't avoid that Math, either.
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