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@ruskibeats
depends what you call a hill in London, I can do Brixton Hill from the police station to the prison no problem, I do that every day but thats not really a hill just a long dragging incline .
I've cycled up Roslyn Hill in Hampstead bottom right to the top no real problems
Strawberry Hill fine
Stanmore Hill I had to get off and push but I had cycled all the way from Euston by the time I had hit it
Highgate Hill I got 3/4 of the way.
Its not the hills that do me, its top end speed, I just can't go fast enough without pedalling like my life depended on it.
So much so I thinking of going 50/16 and worry about the hills when I have to.