Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
Luv2climb, did another mechanic vet your gearing change? It does seem like a huge jump from middle to small ring. Why not change out the middle ring too? Geez, even on my regular road triple the middle ring is a 39. Seems like a 36 would be more in line with mountain gearing.
Sorry it took me so long to get back to this thread, there's been a lot going on lately.

Last year I tried to buy the smallest middle ring possible at the LBS, but they semi-condescendingly told me that my 24t small chainring should be enough and that they would have to order another chainring (typical response from retailers in this oversized cowtown! ). I will try once more to get a smaller middle ring.