Originally Posted by RoadNewbie
Okay , i just looked at the bike, and realised i was on the small ring up front and the biggest at the back when i was climbing. If this is bad, what am i meant to do?
Please read the responses you've already received and ask questions about what you don't understand. Are you sure this is what you had? Because if you did and you heard a lot of chain noise, you are having a mechanical problem with your bike. If you were in the small/big combo, you were in the lowest gear and if you couldn't get up the hill with that, then you need to work up to the hills you're riding on as a new cyclist. If after time, you are in condition and still can't get up said hills, maybe you need to think about different gearing - i.e., bigger rear cassette, more teeth on biggest cog.