Originally Posted by
Lascauxcaveman
My Peugeot Vagabond was factory set up as half-step-plus-granny. I absolutely hated it for climbing.
But, there's climbing, and then there's climbing. For instance, I gain over 1000 feet in my 4-mile commute home. For this, it seems a big ring, middle ring and a small ring work best for me; not big, "biggish" and granny.
The 52-45-28 is now a 52-39-28 and it feels better for the kind of hills I'm doing.
I agree. I had a similar setup on one of my commuters and went to a 52-39-26 since I seem to spend most of my time in the middle and granny rings. I have several medium height but quite steep hills to contend with on my commute. A number of these are on a trail network in a natural area. They didn't grade these to accommodate vehicle traffic. It's a roller coaster ride.