Originally Posted by Thor29
The other way to approach the problem is to swap the rear derailleur and cassette for a mountain setup. If you like really tight gear spacing, then you wouldn't like this, but it does allow you to go up to as much as a 34 tooth rear cog.
That's what my wife has on her bike and the gaps between gears are too large. So I'm swapping it out and replacing it with a triple.