Easier up hills?

[lavoisier]

My old bike has 52 and 42 teeth on front chainrings and 13-28 on cassette.

Will my new bike with 50 and 34 teeth on chainrings and 11-28 on cassette be easier to pedal up hills?
I'm guessing it will but knowing nothing at all about gearing I thought I'd ask the experts.

Thanks

Paul

 

[aberal]

My old bike has 52 and 42 teeth on front chainrings and 13-28 on cassette.

Will my new bike with 50 and 34 teeth on chainrings and 11-28 on cassette be easier to pedal up hills?
I'm guessing it will but knowing nothing at all about gearing I thought I'd ask the experts.

Yes it will, substantially so. Your lowest gear is now 34-28 not 42-28. If you want to do the maths - check here Sheldon Brown

 

[Angelfishsolo]

My old bike has 52 and 42 teeth on front chainrings and 13-28 on cassette.

Will my new bike with 50 and 34 teeth on chainrings and 11-28 on cassette be easier to pedal up hills?
I'm guessing it will but knowing nothing at all about gearing I thought I'd ask the experts.

Thanks

Paul

Yes.

 

[ianrauk]

Yes. Your new bike has what's called a compact double chainset rather then a standard double chainset on your old bike.

 

[HLaB]

Yip, you've went from a 39.41" gear down to a 31.90", in theory I think that's nearly 20% easier.

 

[lavoisier]

That's fantastic news. Looks like I'll be climbing hills 20% steeper .


Paul

 

[aberal]

That's fantastic news. Looks like I'll be climbing hills 20% steeper .

Yup. Or the same hill 20% faster. That's the way it works.

 

[2Loose]

Yup. Or the same hill 20% faster. That's the way it works.

Riding instead of pushing in my case