Originally Posted by
gomango
You live in a beautiful area.
If I rode that hill more often, I would tend to agree with you.
Pretty flat here in the Twin Cities!
When one of our BF members visited San Diego, I lent him my PKN-10 and took him for a ride up the Torrey Pines Reserve inside road. Even though he was from New Orleans, he did fine on the hill by pacing himself. If you go on the straighter, somewhat less steep main Torrey Pines Road, just beware of the false peak -- the road makes a rightward bend, giving the optical illusion that you are almost at the summit, when in truth you are only about 2/3 of the way up.
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