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Well. Completed this mountain climb event on Saturday and can confirm that 41:23 is too fecking high a gear!
The first 17km at 7% gradient on the road were doable, although my cadence was horribly slow. The first couple of Km's felt pretty bad, but as the climb proceeded and the feeling did'nt worsen, I started to feel like I could complete the ride. The last 3Km are on a clay/gravel road, and are somewhat steeper. This is where I ran into trouble. My cadence was too low to maintain and, despite putting up a good fight, I had to get off and push for two short periods. I did at least manage to cycle the last stretch to cross the line in the saddle. (although I had a little black-out a couple of centimeters over the line, and scratched the Bob :( )
I'm quite happy with how the event went, despite kicking myself for getting off the bike, and will try again next year.
I would just like to thank all those on here, who have given advice and encouragement.
Thanks guys'n'gals.