Quote Originally Posted by yellow
But then how about "Mature" gears?

All of my bikes are very maturely geared. Not a double in the house. Now that I live in flat-ter land, I do wish I had an 11 to go with my 52, though...
How about "wisdom" gears?

My 48x11 on Magpie is a taller gear than the 50x13 on the Litespeed. Long shallow hills can sure make you yearn for big gearing.

Bikeless, find a long hill also so the fatigue factor will help you decide. Short rollers are too tempting to power up and not give you enough of a slog-it-out test.