I like grannies and hate steep hills. DW and I recently had custom steel sport touring bikes built for us. We opted for SRAM Force with 50/34 CDs up front with SRAM 11/36 MTB cassettes and derailleurs in the back. We can climb a wall with these and that makes us happy. For racers looking for the perfect shift changes our setups would not be acceptable but for relaxed cruisers like us they are fine.