Originally Posted by
009jim
...The granny gear is almost as big as the small chainring so you can climb walls.
Comes in handy when you are too embarrassed to walk your bike up a hill. But I do feel like a monkey in a circus peddling like mad and not going very fast. I'm sure it looks rather comical to the roadies out there all decked out in their race attire passing me like I'm standing still. Oh well...