Oh - now that's really interesting, because all my hill issues were born from my young and image-conscious days trying to ride my old roadie with a 13-18 on the back! I could barely get up a driveway I swear!But it was what all the guys were riding in the club I was with and I was young and impressionable and thought I should be able to ride it! So I rode that bike with that bunch of gears for twenty years and hated every hill I clawed my way over! When I bought my new roadie it had a sensible bunch of gears on the back and all of a sudden I could punt over things with ease that had caused me angst in the past. Imagine my delight when I got my MTB and had more gears than I knew what to do with!
So - yes - I think you are definitely on the right track there with a set of gears that suit you better (whichever end of the chain you attack it from).




But it was what all the guys were riding in the club I was with and I was young and impressionable and thought I should be able to ride it! So I rode that bike with that bunch of gears for twenty years and hated every hill I clawed my way over! When I bought my new roadie it had a sensible bunch of gears on the back and all of a sudden I could punt over things with ease that had caused me angst in the past. Imagine my delight when I got my MTB and had more gears than I knew what to do with!
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I do love hills. Really, I miss them all winter. But they kick my *ss.
That's awesome!
