Originally Posted by Grasschopper
I know a 34-27 is just about the same gear as 30-25. I NEVER used that gear on my triple and I was 230 at the time. 34-29 is going to be silly low.
You obviously have perfect knees and don't need "silly low" gearing.
I wish mine went lower than 26 gear inches made with a 26 front and 27 rear. There are hills and then HILLS and rolling and then ROLLING.
These legs hike up 4,000 vertical feet in 4 miles in about 2 to 2.5 hours but pushing a gear is JUST different on that cartilage.