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As said previously, the ratio is the important metric, not the number of teeth. Tires (tread and pressure) can be a important differentiating factor between the two bikes. The gravel probably has larg …

There is currently to my knowledge one manufacturer of gearboxes: Pinion. Compared to internally geared hubs (IGHs), their flagship product offers more range (max 636%/18 speeds, vs 514%/14 speeds for …

All gears are not equal: if your hybrid has a so-called "road" transmission, gears will be harder because bikes with road transmissions are meant to be ridden faster (and usually on less steep terrain) …

What makes a combination hard is the ratio between the size of the front sprocket and the rear one (front divided by rear). The higher this ratio is, the harder the combination is. To make the ratio h …

I'm thinking to another alternative, that I give for reference as I can totally understand that moving from XT to Deore/Alivio is a downgrade. But if you can't have exactly what you want, you have to …

Question 1&2, they are actually linked as switching to hydraulics (1) will require to change the brifters, which will make the switch to (2) not so expensive (if you consider the price of 12-speed rel …

Pull ratios started to diverge between road/gravel and MT from 10-speed groupsets. So unfortunately, no brifter will work. In 10 speed, it will very hard to find a combination that works with your req …

Options in 9-speed are somewhat bigger than in higher speed counts: you can use MTB/Trekking components as well (incompatibility between MTB and road start from 10-speed). You will need to change the …

Electric Bike Report has written an article on this topic. They mention 3 different models. Rad Power Bikes RadMission 1 KBO Hurricane Volt London On top of this article, I would also add one of the …

The name 8/9/10 speed freehub is in fact misleading. You can use 7 speed cassette on the trainer, but you'll need 4.5mm spacer for that (that you install on the freehub body before the cassette).

The other questions of the OP suggest that they are more interested in off-road/gravel event. Another point that needs to be considered is traction, as gravel, loose surfaces or rocks and roots introd …

But just a note on the necessity of being in the "right gear" when climbing: there's a trend now in gravel/road, to have small steps on the fastest gears, and bigger steps on the larger gears, and it's … somehow more "natural", if you want a more consistent variation between gears: if you keep a 2T increment between gears, you'll have a 20% variation from 13T to 11T, but only a 8% between 27T and 25T. …

Other answers have already answered the question "directly", my answer will be about the underlying problem, which is about the gears not being hard enough. … One thing: non-enthusiasts like usually harder gears than enthusiast. Pedaling at high cadence is something a skill that is very useful, as it is actually less tiring than grinding. …