Quote Originally Posted by rij73 View Post
You're the best! I feel like the woman at the bus stop from one of your prior posts. I wish my mom were more like you, and I wish she would get on a bike!

It's great that the shop gave you triple gearing. That's going to help you a lot... So, what did you settle on? What are the chainring sizes and the cassette range?
What a DIFFERENCE the new gearing makes! I'm in heaven and can now vanquish rising terrain without passing out.

Old setup was for the Trek 7.6 FX, 700 X 32 / 32-622 tire with 170 mm cranks:

compact double crankset 36/50
12-13-14-15-17-19-21-23-26 Cassette
New setup is:

triple front crankset 34/39/50
With 13-15-17-19-21-23-26-30-34 Cassette