Originally Posted by
paulriccio
You posted a long time ago but had a question for you. I have a similar old bike and had a bike shop replace my freewheel to a 28t. My plan was to get a new crank and derailleur for under $100 ish. Was that 3t jump enough to get you up hills? I am literally passed by senior women on hills. That happened lol.
I've since switched to a triple,If you're in great shape you can do hills with relatively high gearing.But now older and fatter the lower the better!