Originally Posted by
Leinster
If you’re going to be going up that steep climb regularly, then put the 34 back on, and keep it on until you can climb that hill in 2nd gear.*
if you’re only going to climb it occasionally to test yourself, keep the 28 on, and try to maintain 45rpm up it next time.
*I don’t know your limits or if you’ll ever get to the stage of comfortably climbing the hill in the 30 cog, but it’s worth having a goal, right?
For those 20-30% pitches a 34T is always going to be useful, even if he can climb the easier parts in a higher gear. Cadence is never going to be too high climbing up those.