Originally Posted by
ofajen
Yeah, I’ve been in Pennsylvania. Serious hills!
Earlier this year, I took a trip to Ohioplye and mapped a loop to Salisbury with a dip into Maryland using local roads.
I wont lie. It was the hardest 89 miles of my life. 10K+ft of climbing. I thought my 18bs 34tx28t bike would handle the hills. For the first couple climbs, to include Sugarloaf Rd, my legs and gearing worked fine. But then it was hill after hill, after hill, after hill, after......
After the climb south of Salisbury and the start of my climb into Grantsville, I had become completely demoralized.
I think I would have had a much easier time with my triple crankset aluminum bike running a 30t chainring and a 32t cassette.