MrCrassic 

If your'e training to race, then yeah! If you're just doing a fun ride, then walk if you can't crank it anymore.
Then again, at 5.5% grade, you shouldn't need to. Heck, use it as a litmus test of your fitness; if you can't climb it, then you have more work to do!

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