Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
You introduced the Emonda into the discussion and wondered why it doesn't have super low gearing for climbing. It doesn't because it's a road racing bike, and it's geared for that.
Trek sells it as their climbing bike.
I picked it out of several such examples because I was more familiar with it.
They actually made the gearing more steep on the model my kid has, the year after he bought it.