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Not sure about Mott Street, but I've ridden an unladen Bullitt up Swains Lane. 32 chainring, 1x11 MTB groupset. Still had a gear spare. You can gear them so low that it becomes as much a question of balance as it is forward progress.
They do the urban hill climb there, and there's a cargo bike category.
I commute on my Bullitt, about 6km each way. It's fine.
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Like many others in this thread, #dadlife means my next bike will probably be a Bullitt.
I’m weighing up the pros and cons of electric. Most useage would be ferrying little person back and forth to nursery, then commuting to work (about 10km a day). At weekends would like to be able to range further across London, and occasional trips out to Epping Forest. The dream is to do little overnight camping trips, but how often this would really happen I don’t know.
Would electric be a requirement for longer range trips? Could you cycle up Mott street with a toddler and fully loaded Bullit without electric?