Originally Posted by jschen
True. But if the person's custom title is "slow but constant" and the person's really climbing short 39% grades
then the choice is obvious. As low a gear as possible. Under those conditions, tighter gear spacing is a luxury. Sufficiently low gears is mandatory.
Best assumption..............avg. grades as posted I can sit in the saddle and pedal my way to an avg. speed of around 8 mph. or so. Hills are my weakness. On flats I can sustain around a 20-22 mph avg. speed with sprints upwards to 30 mph to 32 mph for hundred yards at a time or little more.
Hills just kick my ass for some reason. I have gotten better. Guess I need a combination which would not severely limit me on my flats but give me close to my current climbing gears in the new copact double like that of my 52-42-30 with a 12-25 rear cassette.