Hi everyone. Let me first introduce myself as I am a new user. My name is Esperanza from Spain. I am into the cycling world through triathlon but now I am captain in a tandem with a girl from the Spanish Blind Tandem Team.

I have done some track with the tandem (kilo and pursuit) but never on a single bike.

In order to get experience and prepare the pursuit properly I bought a track bike for myself and I have the intention to prepare some races. I have a couple of questions regarding gears and handlebars.

My new bike comes with a 50x14. It is quite hard for me to move that and I will change it to 50x16 as a start. What are the normal gears for women?

Also, I'd like to change the handlebar for a triathlon one as my intention is to train for pursuit. are these handlebars specific for track or I can use a "normal" one?

Thank you for your attention and excuse me for my english. I have been taught to write academic papers in English but not to discuss in forums