My Ram has a 44/30 too, though with a 14-23 7 speed (14-15-16-17-18-20-23). But most of my hills are short (1 mile or less), if steep, and if longer, pretty gradual. And I am a masher.
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Michael Hechmer <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > No CD on this bike, but I do ride a 44/30 & 11-28 on the Rambouillet. > This one is 48/34/26 with a 12/27 cassette. On the Ram the 30/28 allows > me to hold a decent cadence in 7/9 % grades for 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile. I'm > OK on short ramps of 15-16 % which are common here, but after that I start > to suffer more than I want to. That one extra gear really helps on these > longer climbs. > > -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
