Wanting more gears on a new bike..

anto164
anto164 Posts: 3,500
edited December 2011 in Road buying advice
I'm looking at getting a new summer bike, and it only comes with a standard 6700 chainset and a 12-25. As i'm going to be riding this in north wales, i'll need a few more gears instead of a 39-25 as the slowest gear. Now, what would you do to make slower gears?

Would you,

1. get a compact and keep the 12-25 on the rear?
or
2. get a wider cassette, like a 12-28?

the compact would drop the ratio from 1.56 to 1.36, and changing the cassette only would give me a ratio of the 1.39.

Both options would be free of charge, as the shop will do the change for me. So, what would you do?

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