Thanks for the advice Ajax. I have a 32 cassette
Tbh I'm not bad on the hills, fair enough I'm never going to be at the top of strava but I'm comfortably top 30% on most climbs.
I just think the 50/11 combo is a waste of time, I'm never going to be able to spin that out (i don't think there's many who can) so my theory is to use those 11 gears at the lower end of the scale hence the chain ring question.
I like to keep my cadence well above 80rpm and there are only the odd hills I can't achieve that with my 32 but it would be nice to have gears in reserve for those times.