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I found it quite interesting how an otherwise silent bike suddenly became alive with noises under the extra load. Made me think the drive train was going to disintegrate going uphill. I'm going to try it with a lighter gearing and a back brake first and then reinstate the gears if necessary. First job though, is picking my knees back up from the top of Crouch Hill where they left my body in protest.

I pull around 50kgs with my SS Swift around Putney on 51.6 GI. From the river up to the heath is manageable but I think I'd want gears if I was doing anything steeper than that tbh. Definitely wouldn't want to do it without (two) good brakes either.