Urban Dictionary--Granny Gear

granny gear	64 up, 21 down
	The smallest of chainrings on a bicycle with three chainrings. So easy to pedal your grandmother could ride it. That hill was so steep, I wish my bike had a granny gear to get up it. buy granny gear mugs & shirts bicycle bike gear granny mountain by JoshCyclist Jan 19, 2006 share this add a video
3.	granny gear	30 up, 17 down
	The smallest of a triple front chainring set. Called a granny ring because, like granny, it doesn't have many teeth. You may have to drop it down to granny gear for this steep pinch.      Sometimes, it's helpful to have a granny gear on your bike. My mountain bike has one, with the triple chain ring. My renter bike in NYC had one, even though we didn't use it. The steepest 'hill' was the Brooklyn Bridge! But my roadie? Nah. Just something called a compact double, which supposedly has the same gearing as the triple chain ring. So far it's been ok, and I've got my fingers crossed that that will continue. I know there will be times when I need that granny gear and I'll wish I had it!!! April 21--Southern California. Cycling around Bonelli Park, Ruthie and I paused for this photo op. Great fun, and a couple of good climbs, including the one along the frontage road of the 57 Freeway. This ride was from Claremont to Bonelli Park, twice around and back to Claremont. April 10--New York City. A gorgeous spring-like day as Ruthie and I toured over 15 miles of Manhattan and Brooklyn, using streets, bike paths and bridges. Our group included a family of Belgians, a young Italian couple and a Russian man.       We crammed in those 15 miles around Manhattan in slightly under 7 hours. Not quite our usual pace, but the stops for the historic and informational tidbits were priceless! We saw Washington Square, the High Line, the Packinghouse District, the Stonewall Inn, the 9-11 Memorial Site, Battery Park, China Town, Wall Street, and more, and rode across the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. Granny gears not needed on this trip! But we did have to dodge pot holes and pedestrians, taxis and trash trucks. PediCab in Central Park April 9--New York City. Having never seen the sights in Central Park, we took an hour-long pedi-cab ride through the park. It was amazing, and our guide was full of fun facts, showing us where movies had been shot, politicians and celebrities lived, and where the city people relaxed and played. A rewarding investment of our time.  Bike Parts Bike parts--Sometimes, it's just helpful to know the parts of your bike, and this graphic very cleverly describes those.