Originally Posted by
pdlamb
Re: gearing, since OP is planning to ride from Oregon to about Kansas, I suspect stock gearing on the Fuji will be OK. The young knees of the son should be able to make it up the relatively mild grades of the western half of the TransAm, especially if he's only lightly loaded.
And lowest gear (walking) is still available.
I hadn't paid attention that the Ozarks and Appalachians were not in the plan. That does eliminate the steepest climbing. On the TA the climbs in the west are long, but generally not so steep.