Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
Another option is to get a road triple setup. Depending on availability of nice price used road triples, etc in your area you might be better off selling your bike and buying one with a road triple already.
That's a terrible idea. Changing out the big ring to one slightly bigger would be a much quicker and less costly solution.
I'm not basing any decisions on what specific pros use, I was just curious as to what sort of range of big gears they use, or whether they change the big sprockets for hill climbs at all.