Originally Posted by shlammed

That was the "where we live" comment at the end comes into play.

Im in Kingston, Ontario and there are no real hills here. There are a few nice rolling hills, but nothing THAT long nor THAT steep that we would be unable to climb with the ratios we have.
Couple that with the fact that we are both in our 20's.... im sure as we age we will need some taller gearing. I wouldn't hesitate to use a 12-32 of 12-36 with our current crankset if we needed more low end.