Originally Posted by
CastIron
I never walk. I'm too stubborn. Screw gravity.
Yup. With a 22/34 low gear, I may do only 3 mph but I'm riding damn it! It may have taken me (and my daughter) 4 hours to climb the 12 miles out of the Snake River Valley but we didn't walk it!
Mountain biking is entirely different, however. I walk a lot there...sometimes downhill

On the other hand, do what you have to do.