Originally Posted by
Bandera
Exactly.
One needs a range that has a low that gets you up the stiffest local hill without undue stress and a high to comfortably descend the same hill w/o spinning like a hamster in a cage.
To achieve that for every single hill around here I'd need a 30/30 low gear and a 55-11 top. Make sure you have gears that cover you for 99% of the roads in your area. Work on your engine to deal with the rest.