how slow am I?

[betagirl]

(geez... at redlands i was barely moving on some of those 22-24% grades! but i never walked once! phew!)

On my last brevet, I had to walk up a hill. It was an out and back, and on the climb going out I dropped into my triple and the last gear I had to try to spin up it. I barely made it. After the descent, I thought to myself "oh sh*t" to get back up that beast. I think the grade was easily 10%. Needless to say, I had some mechanical issues with all the rain and crap on the road that eventually caused me to abandon the ride at mile 108. But not before I walked up that stupid hill. It was either tip over or walk after my chain locked up on me about 1/3 of the way up. Man was my ego bruised though!

Edited: I meant 10%, not 20%.