Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
When you feed all those numbers into the Silca supercomputer, it says you should be on a single speed.
Nope. They must be overlooking the difference between seated and out of the saddle pedaling. I use my 30/36 for seated pedaling on grades in the 11-13% range. At age 69, my power output isn't what it used to be. I also want at least a 46/10 top gear.