The Greater Bay Area is full of 13-24% grades (which is where Sarah lives). Visitors from other areas (including places like Colorado) frequently drop their jaws when they see what the local touring clubs ride as a matter of course. A 24x36 drivetrain isn't too low a gear here, especially if you're carrying a load. On my triplet, I had a 24x36 and still couldn't climb anything over a 12% grade when carrying panniers. On my single bike I have a 40x51, and just manage to make it up a 30% grade, which required shifting my weight between the rear and front wheels in order to keep both wheels on the ground while grinding away. Here in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, your bike can never be too light, you can never be too wealthy, and you can never have gears too low!
On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 1:13 PM Greg J <gregkj...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Sarah - maybe the easiest thing is to go on a ride with some local list > members who can give you some ideas while you're actually riding on these > roads. > > For example, have you ridden a 24T granny on the road---and if so, with > what rear cog? A 24 is really very low for the road (but not for dirt), > and a 24T - 32 in the back may be too low to be useful. A 26 or even a 28 > may be a better granny depending on your cassette range. But as mentioned > already, only you know what works for you. > > Greg > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAPh0EZ7e-CRnCtCpAOPpXPnRcDd6MWi8EQ_YMOfN54-qhAYsug%40mail.gmail.com.
