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@Velocio
Me! Last Thursday.
I blame not knowing when the hill ended, I turned off 3/4 of the way up to relax my legs, did a spin in the side road, re-joined and found I couldn't make it.
I walked 10m, hopped back on and realised how close I was. If I'd known I would've pushed it, but I thought I was way off the top still (couldn't see it around that last corner).
I'm blaming not knowing the hill, my silly gearing (47x16) and squirrels.