Originally Posted by jqstanley
Yes, this is Mt. Washington. I appreciate your experienced opinion.
I second KevinF's suggestion. I spectated at Mt Washington last year and it was really interesting to see all of the different setups that were used - there are many of them. I knew a few people that rode it but they were not techies - they let their LBS or trainer setup the gearing. Getting close to 1:1 seems to be the goal. (I recall one of them had a 6/13 and ordered a custom crank which was quite expensive). Many had removed the larger chainrings - looked odd to see all these bikes with one tiny chainring! But there were standard triples as well (not to mention three unicycles!).
Good luck!