Originally Posted by
dsbrantjr
"increase the gears".
What front chainwheel and rear cog teeth combinations (numbers of teeth) do you have at present?
What exactly is lacking in the selection of 18 gears you have currently, that you need to "increase"?
Are you struggling on hills at the low end, "spinning out" at the high end or what? Adding more gears, many of which will be redundant, will not make you go faster, better conditioning will.
+1 -- All good questions...
But just to add: Going from a double in front to a triple can be expensive as it often involves replacing many of the shifting components on the bike. You would almost certainly need a new crank and possibly shifter and derailers and chain...
Plus, most decent road bikes have doubles up front. So yours is not inferior in any way...
One route (if you are looking for more power) would be to go from a standard double to a compact double. New cranks aren't cheap -- but cheaper than a new crank and a bunch of other stuff...