Yes, it is obvious and I can't disagree. The point I was making was that I noticed that road bikes tend to be supplied with cassettes in the range of 11-25 or 12-25. Doesn't matter whether they are triples, doubles or compacts, 8-speed or 11-speed they often tend to default at this relatively narrow range. I just wondered why this was when I was getting the impression that many cyclists would prefer a wider range with the cassette when the trade off in bigger gaps between cogs doesn't appear to notice. Well not to me anyway. As I said, I've just changed from standard 8-speed 12-25 to 11-28 and I couldn't be happier.
