Originally Posted by
PunctualAlex
48x16 is waaay too high for hilly areas, at least for me. I rode 52X17 in a flat area, went down to 48x17 when I moved back to Worcester (made of hills) and I was like... **** this, so I switched down to 42x16 which works really, really well for me.
42x16 works well for me with most of the hills i have to ride in sf. but i love going fast, so in that situation it's kind of a bummer...