Originally Posted by
lasauge
Tom, I would not pick a bike based on the stock gearing - focus on buying what fits you well and matches your quality and price requirements. Once you have something to ride it's a relatively small matter to change the cassette and/or chainrings to suit your preferences.
Yeah, you're right here, I am totally after these criteria, but on the other hand I have to look at other things too a bit, I wouldn't want to have to fix the bike right after a buy it.
Originally Posted by
Barrettscv
A cross bike with a variety of tires will take a good cyclist up almost anything that a mtb can climb. Descending is another situation, a cross bike is not ideal on faster or highly technical descents. I have added a triple crankset and can use 700x38 knobby tires on my CX bike. Climbing a 15% gravel road is do-able. Tom, where do ride?
I hope I will eventually be able to do that ascent on my future CX
I am in Lesser Poland, here's the trip I mentioned
Bike Ride Profile | Las Zabierzowski near Krakow | Times and Records | Strava
Thanks!
Tom