Originally Posted by
Biker395
I have an older Shimano triple. My lowest gear is 30 in front and 28 in back.
She has a compact double and what she thought was a 28 in back. Most folks I know doing a lot of mountain climbing with compact doubles are using cassettes with 34 or 36 tooth cogs. She's got a long cage derailleur, so it would be easy to hook her up with some lower gears.
She liked the triple, BTW.
I asked because I thought you'd mentioned riding a triple in a previous post. I'm glad you mentioned what others are using there too, I was curious. Sounds like she definitely deserves to be sharing the top podium spot there in the pic.
Thanks for the reply.