Originally Posted by
adamnj
I thought of your bike with the "baby holder" in the back and thought to myself, "how the hell does he do it?"
There's a lot of gasping my lungs out at the top of the hill. (And it probably helps that I have to show off for my kids.)
You might look into clarification of whether the Megarange 11-34 cassette will fit the Swift. I was told it wouldn't, but I think the guy who posts here as "xootr swift" may have one on his. If it does work, it'll help even more on hills.
As for technical chops, I'm only just getting to where I can discuss these things halfway intelligently. Not being able to get up a hill will do wonders for your grounding in applied physics.