Originally Posted by
robow
Doug, may I ask what the chainring set is on that bike ? Your smaller ring doesn't seem to be that small. You must be or have been a very strong rider to make it across the country with that low gear. Well done !
It was a 46/36/26 stock chainring. It was coupled with an 11-34 cassette. I changed it to a 44/32/22 when we came home. I also changed my wife's Cannondale crankset. The 26 tooth granny worked OK until we got to the Appalachians. You may not have noticed the smallest ring; it is silver.
I'm not sure the lower gears would have helped on this stretch of road. Luckily, there were only 4 hills like this, right in a row. The first one we rode up. The second we almost rode up, The the third we rode up less of it; and on on the fourth I pulled over not far from the bottom, and changed into my running (walking) shoes.
