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How quickly do you want to get to the top? It's beatable on pretty much anything you're likely to be running and gear choice is a personal thing. On the day, I did it geared (39x16/17/19) and was 'comfortable'. On the Norths Death TT I did it fixed on 50x16 and was definitely not comfortable. Still got there.
(and not slowly either, the latter was a flying start so not directly comparable but still would have placed
wellacceptably in the climb proper)