Originally Posted by
AdelaaR
Why not simply get bigger gearing then?
My hybrid's biggest ratio is 52/11 which is a bigger gear than almost all commercial roadbikes.
I use it sometimes on long steady descents to be able to loosely turn the cranks and gain some breath.
I tried this but unfortunately because of the shape of my chain stays the 48 is the biggest I can go. So the best I've got is 48/11.
EDIT woops, I realized I have a 23-12 cluster so 48/12 is what I've got.