-=> Quoting Steven Mcfarlane to Bill Piehler <=-
 SM> 4.  Hilly.  Again, it's the mountains.  I would like to get a road
 SM> bike  with a double chainring that has a 53T large ring and really zoom
 SM> but I  need a triple chainring with its low gearing to get up some of
 SM> the hills  around here. 
Maybe Shimano components haven't hit Japan yet. 
I'm sure that Treks haven't.
My Trek 1420 sports-touring bike is essentially the identical frame to their
1400 road bike.  But it has a 30/42/52 triple Shimano RX-100.  It suspect the
52 could be swapped out with a 53.  If I recall off the top of my head
correctly, the cog-wheel is such that it actually yields a _larger_ wheel
than my road bike.
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