Bike Gear Question

You can get a triple ring tri or road bike..or compact crank.

Other consideration is what type of cassette you get. I might suggest 12-27 as that gives you more range of gears so hills are easier.

Most bike shops will swap out parts for even money..so if the bike you want comes with 11-23 cassette before you pick it up say what you want...12-27 and if they are even money they should swap.Triples are more money than doubles so if you make that swap you may have to pay a few bucks.

Happy shopping!

Hey, you weren't last--you beat millions of 66 year olds (and others) who never started.

As Kathy said, either a triple or a compact would probably be good options for you.  Either way if you buy new you'll probably wind up with a 9 or 10 speed rear cassette, so you'll wind up with somewhere between 18 & 30 total gears to choose from, but some of the gear "sizes" will be duplicated on different front chainrings.

You can use a gear calculator like this one to make comparisons to your mountain bike gearing.  Same number of gear inches equates to same pedaling difficulty (but if you're comparing mountain bike vs road, make sure you account for the difference in wheel diameter).