Originally Posted by
pghchico
i have been looking to buy a hybrid bike. I've noticed though that they don't seem to be geared as low as mountain bikes. the ones i've looked at have crankset gears 26/36/48. What i'm wanting to know is if you can change out the smallest ring for a 22 or 24 ?
If that bike happens to have a square taper JIS BB there are quite a few cheap triple cranksets available at 42-32-22, some of them are riveted and couldn't be changed but if you struggle with climbing as bad as i do it might be worth losing top speed to get over the hump. the cranks i'm talking about cost less than some single high quality chainrings, so even as a temporary solution it might be worth the money
... this cheap Shimano crank has replaceable rings