Lol, you people who ride for fun rather than transport. Going back to do it again! To be fair, that's the best way to get better so you can label me jealous 😉
There's a few nice trails around Ashton Court with no entry cost, Nova Trail being most obvious. I've ridden hairier sections of the Cornwall cliff path though and I've been meaning to return to Bike Park Wales, which offered some welcome variety. I'm very much an on/off biker though. Mostly...
Sorry, if I sound overly negative regarding the clickbait angle. I can see benefit of a bit of info in your profile/footnote if you feel inclined to do it.
I'm the type of bike rider that isn't too keen on labels, but I can see that they might be entertaining.
Coming back to OP's question. And setting aside fair comment on cadence and ideal gear ratio. If hanger alignment is ok and chain wear ok, then smallest sprocket can be swapped very cheaply. Not sure if OP knows that it's not integral to the cassette.
For myself, I'll be trying to use those...
To be clear, I spend too much time on tarmac roads and smallest does actually get most of the wear. Makes sense that the smallest sprocket wears most when so much force has to go through each tooth relative to the other sprockets.
Bumping on cleaning contacts.
I'd had my ebike for a year a half when I started to get a W010 error code. Was thinking about replacing bearings but then looked at the battery mount. The contact nearest the frame looked like it had melted slightly and the flat surface was pitted where the...