Originally Posted by
curtwally
Hi,
You seem to be a bit overgeared. What rear cassette and derailuer do you have? If you can get bigger than 26 do it. I use a compact crank and a 12-27 cassette for where I live. We have short steep hills that I can grind up in the big ring or spin up with the small ring and 27. But for mountains or long hills you probably cannot grind up in the big ring indefinitely.
As others have noted you will get better at this with the regular training.
That's what I'm trying to figure out: whether I'm overgeared. Gears came with the bike are a standard double 53/39 with 12-26 cassette and Tiagra rear derailuer.