>>1829426Just to make sure you understand, the lowest gearing (lowest as in easiest to climb hills) would be using the smallest chainring in the front and the largest in the back. With that out of the way yes you can put a 3x on the front, or you could find a freewheel/cassette with a larger low gear, or do both, but for an older road bike it might not be worth the money. I'd sell the road bike and find a nice old reliable rigid steel frame 80s-90s mtb. Virtually all of them already have 3x front chainrings and a 30 or 32 tooth as the lowest gear on the rear. Their lowest gearing is usually something like 28t in the front and 30-32t on the back, which is overkill unless you are the fattest fuck. 80s-90s mtbs are cheap af and extremely reliable and versatile with much better out of the box climbing ability with their gearing.
