Originally Posted by
dynaryder
Two options:
1) HTFU
2) Change the gearing. Both could have their cassettes swapped for much lower gearing. I used to do
this hill all the way up to Ward Circle almost every day. I've had to do it in 34/34 and 36/28.
Heh, I'm embarrassed to admit I never thought of something as obvious as just changing the rear cassette.
I take it that doing so won't play funny buggers with the rear derailleur?
Don't know if the angle on your hill is worse than it seems on Google Maps, but that seems more like a long moderate hill, than a steep one.
It is the steeper hills that concern me.
Whilst this is by no means the steepest hill around where I live, something like this is more typical of the sorts of hills I am concerned about for myself.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-27.484...2w!2e0!6m1!1e1
When I did it using the granny gear on my old Mountain Bike, it was quite easy, but I think my ratio was 22/28.