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It's not nearly as bad going up the hills as it is going down if you've got any sort of weight on the racks. I remember going up a 700m pass maxing out at 14%. It was nails but doable. That was the easy part I realised later, boy was I not ready for the descent on the other side!!! I was running a 36x15 and hit 62kmph on the descent which if my mental math is up to anything is I think over 200rpm!!!! Grounding pedals at that speed with precipitous drops off the side was not too good for the heart which was already near maxed out :)