Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Drop to the granny gear and shift to one of the smaller cogs in back and as the hill gets steeper
keep shifting down to the bigger cogs as they are needed ..
once you are at the granny and the biggest cog in back and its still too hard a climb, get off and push ..
always tour, IMO, in shoes you can walk in ..
This is what I do. When I see a 15% grade I think OMG regardless of load. 15% is steep no matter what.