Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets

Ahh, lower gearing. OK.

Since you have Sora stuff on there, I'd look into getting a Sora triple Crankset/front derailleur/front shifter (bottom bracket if needed - I'd need to look into BB requirements for the cranks.

It comes with a 30T small ring, I have a 26T little ring on one of my 105 triples and it works pretty well for hill climbing, it has standard 5-hole cranks though, I'm not sure if you can find a 26T ring that'll fit the kooky 4-hole pattern of Sora cranks. If you find the 50T big ring useless you could always grind the teeth off and it'll serve as a bash guard.