Originally Posted by lhbernhardt

Between 1974 and 1978, while I was an undergrad at SFU, I rode there on a daily basis, usually up Gaglardi (the longer but shallower route). In the winter, I'd be riding up in a fixed gear (42x16) as part of my winter training (I was also racing bikes at that time). The one time it snowed enough that I thought I'd take the bus instead, the buses were not running because there was too much snow. One night when I was at SFU late, there was a foot of fresh snow on Gaglardi, and I half-slid the fixed gear down the hill, rear wheel locked up for much of it.

So the bike doesn't really matter; you can ride anything up that hill. I think riding up to SFU is way more popular now than it was in the 70's. In those days, I didn't see anybody else riding up.

Luis