>>1170132It's acceptable, that what you get with the new r8000 builds, but not really no. If people still want a 50-11 gear on a gravel bike, it should have a triple.
I think those kinds of bikes should have 11-34, 11-36 and 11-40 options, for road bias, gravel bias, and loaded bias. Paired with subcompact doubles, 28-44 or 30-46