[Closed] advice on touring gears

Give us a clue, what size wheels will you be using, for a start. Then, road, offroad or singletrack? On a regular 700c road bike, to be used on the road, a regular roadie triple will be fine. 26/36/48 is good too if you're going for an MTB chainset, there are good deals on Deore591 and XT771 at the moment. Also consider what shifters you use, if using Shimano roadie shifters you'll need a roadie front mech too.

24/28 has done me on 4-pannier alpine climbs, I'm reasonably fit though and don't mind some pain.

Some like lower though.

700c wheels

will be doing potentially a lot of touring in the mountains in europe, so i need a gear that i can go nice and easy up steep hills

cheers

50:18 on 26 inch wheels works for me.

Two truths about tourers; you can't have too low gears or too much brake. Credit card touring in East Anglia is different to fully loaded through the Alps.

Assuming carrying gear in hilly areas and multi day, I'd go either 22 or 24 up front and 32 or 34 out back. At the end of a long fully loaded day into a massive headwind, you'll welcome lower gears, using them is not compulsory if you're feeling frisky.

I use a 22/32/44 mtb chainset with an 11/27 cassette to haul my ass up 1 in 5 hills when tired and loaded with kit

Alfine 8, it's the future!

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mtb gears here. why rush when touring? 8)

MTB triple on the front.

Lowest rear sprocket as large as possible before it grounds-out on right handers. 🙂