I've been riding mtn bikes, cargo bikes, folding bikes, electric bikes but just got out my old Sekai 2500 to do some road riding and maybe touring again. It's been 25 years since I've done any touring. I used it all the time and toured across the top of the US a number of times. The front rings are 50, 40 and the rear which I LOWERED to 14, 32. I can't believe I carried 80 lbs of stuff over the Rockies and Cascades so many times with these gears. Ah, youth is wasted on the young.