Old 05-12-10, 08:23 PM
  #8  
Cyclebum
Senior Member
 
Cyclebum's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: NE Tx
Posts: 2,766

Bikes: Tour Easy, Linear USS, Lightening Thunderbolt, custom DF, Raleigh hybrid, Felt time trial

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Being young, presumably, and having good lungs acclimated to the altitude, you should do just fine with a 48/38/26 crank and a 11-32 cassette. I climbed, very slowly, Wolf Creek and La Veta Pass with a 30 pound load with that combo and I'm old with poor lungs.

As for the bike, I'd strongly consider a Trek 7.2 FX. Reasonably priced, versatile, comfortable, and reliable. Or a road bike with trekking gears. Just make sure what ever you get fits you well. Fit is First.

Last edited by Cyclebum; 05-13-10 at 10:51 AM. Reason: correct typo. thanks BWF.
Cyclebum is offline