Originally Posted by
Abe_Froman
Well, pretty much any grade on a road is doable with a granny gear...but yea, going down might be dicey, especially with cobblestones, especially with a cross street at a blind intersection at the bottom lol
I have a short climb on my route that hits 30% and it's all I can do to keep my front wheel on the ground. If I stand and lean over the handlebars, I can keep the wheel down, but then my rear wheel spins. I don't think I could ride 37% without really lowering my center of gravity somehow. Going down does look dicey with the cobblestones. And, with that cross street, there's no way to just coast through it.