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Have only done one ride recently as we are busy prepping our old house for sale. I’m not up at our new place as much except to drop off some items we need moved into it.

Hmm - how would this work on my Transend? Does it fit the bike and do I need to change the chain? Anyone have experience with these?

Not yet. I’ve been riding it with the 38T so far and can take 10% grade hills pretty well. Getting up my driveway is possible but still difficult. I may just give up on that as I’m not sure any changes would make that other than me losing weight and building muscle. I’ll try this out for a...

Got the 38T installed on the front chainring and here are before and after rides. The first was to the shop and the second back home. I had to stop at the end as the grade became too hard for me on my driveway. Good news is that I made it half-way up the driveway. I’ll do a few more rides...

The LBS just got in a 38T that he says he can fit on the front ring. I will try that out on the ride back from the bike shop to home. I suspect that still won’t be enough but some calculations I’ve done make me think I can then get the rear changed to possibly a 21, 22, or 23 and then will do...

Appreciate the info. I’ll see what the gearing change does for me. For the future, I will look for 80NM+ torque and a standard derailleur with low gearing. I’ll update again once the gearing is changed. The LBS said that Giant still is saying that the “spider” adapter they need is not in...

You are so right - this area is gorgeous and we are so fortunate to live here now. My speed is around 4-5 mph at the steepest grades of around 13%. The effort required for even steeper grades is too much for me to handle right now. Even at 13%, I don’t last very long. I’m trying to build...

Took a 4.8 mile ride wi5h some climbs and did pretty well. I avoided going up my driveway as it is pretty steep and doubly hard to finish with. Hopefully I can make it up the driveway too once the gearing is changed on the bike.

Took a couple more rides in the neighborhood and used Ride with GPS. It indicated that the grades were ranging up to 15-16% briefly and hit at or above 10% for about ¼ mile. And a bit of up and down in the grades too. I hope the gearing change and me slowly building up my physical abilities...

😂 I want both! In my trip to the shop, I rode up and down a few hills. Eventually had to walk the bike up the driveway as I was too spent to make it back up. 3.3 miles out and 3.2 miles back. I averaged around 12.8 miles for both segments. Hit a top speed of 31 mph going out and 29.5 miles...

I’m using this one: https://www.gear-calculator.com/

Talked with the shop and they spoke to Giant. Looks like we need an adapter to match bolt patterns for the front chainrings. This will be available in about a month and they’ve ordered it for me. It will allow them to fit a 36T on the front. Giant thinks that with this change, it will be...

I believe it would be a cadence of 99.

Digging around a bit more I realized that my chainring is actually 42T not 38T which means my lowest ratio is 1.47. Dropping to 38T would get me to 1.33 and 36T to 1.26. This stays reasonably close to spec so no issues with torque and I’ll still get a big improvement. My top speed would drop...

So changing only the front would take me from 1.33 to 1.26. Would that be a significant difference I would feel in climbing?

It would take me from 1.33 at the lowest gear to either 1.09 with the 22T OR 1.03 with both changes. A huge improvement, I think. My top speed would likely drop to around 24 mph but that’s fine with me. Any torque issues to worry about?

I spoke with my LBS on the phone as I haven’t been able to go in yet. They think it is possible to change the gearing but they have to check out the bolt pattern first. I’ll take the bike in for that check soon. I’m thinking change the rear from 18T to 22T and/or change the rear from 38T to...

Thanks for the tips folks. Relearning all of this as I was much younger, lighter, and had a lightweight bike with 18 gears when I last attempted such hills. 😂

Looked at my route on RidewithGPS and got this grade map:

I tried this site but it doesn’t seem to work. http://veloroutes.org/