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I've been doing this commute for 4 months now, on a 10 year old £80 heavy mountain bike. I've replaced the tyres with some Schwalbe City Jets which made quite a difference, but the entire chainset is nackered, and slips in the highest gear, so not exaclty ideal!
I've been looking to buy a road bike to replace this, but then stubmled upon ss bikes, but a couple of the hills are pretty steep, and I'm not sure if they're too much for single gear bike. I don't want a ratio just for this hill as it'll kill by downhill and flat speed. For any locals, it's Brimble hill just outside Swindon...
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Thanks in advance,
-Ifor