Originally Posted by
ultraman6970
between you and me 34x29 is plenty small (for normal people) already to climb whatever you want, unless the rider cant climb even a 50 feet over pass or is using a 100 pounds rando bike, in that case go triple and problem fixed.
Can I request that all comments about what specific gearing someone else should need to climb be moved to the Road forum? There are "real" experts there who can tell you what is truly necessary for you to climb. In the mechanics forum I'd prefer if we could stick to actually helping people achieve what they feel they need (which the first part of this post actually does, but I couldn't help but comment on the last bit).