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I do like the carefree climbing I’m dealing with now. 17t would be great for Medellin, Colombia. Obvs real mountains as opposed to my local hill so 47/46 tooth maybe. The bike I have in Colombia is a State Black label v2. Stock drivetrain 48-49?/15 maybe. I’m debating getting a new wheelset, cog and chainring for that. I have bars, stem, seatpost, saddle I plan on swapping when I do visit. I need to swap out the seatpost collar. Seatpost slips even with sandpaper/griptape. *Happy New Year
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Everyone is different, you might prefer grinding over spinning... I only started to turn smaller gears after learning how to stay seated for longer. I stand on the pedals to use my weight to help generate power to turn the pedals and distribute the load on different muscles. The penalty for this is less efficiency in aerodynamics. The loss off efficiency will require you to use more power to maintain the same speed.