A lady I met on the London - Brighton ride in 1982. It was outside a pub having a break and I looked at her bike and said "Wow what a great granny gear" (or similar) . She said "It's a negative gear. It has a 32 on the chainwheel and a 36 on the rear. My husband did it specially so I could ride up anything"
So equally to her and the DH. Is that *love* or what?