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@highboy_coupe
Colemans hill is a fucking killer, even geared it hurts, it's near enough 3/4 mile, 1 in 7 hill.
I attempted it on my fixed with 53/16 gearing, and honestly even standing up (16 stone hard down on the pedal!) half way up I stopped dead, I just couldn't put enough force through the pedal to get over my weight + the hill + 99.5 GI. I nearly rolled backwards. The 100 mile goes to the absolute highest point in the entire Cotswolds, I will give anyone a firm handshake if they can do it fixed.