Originally Posted by
jdgesus
seattle has the most hilly downtown core of any US city.
there is no way around it if you need to ride downtown.. 38x20 would be the only way i could imagine doing it fixed.
instead, i just take long routes around and attack my downtown targets from easier (yet longer away) trajectory
The only places I ever avoided going in Seattle I've ever avoided riding fixed were Queen Anne from downtown and Discovery Park, and then those few roads going up from Alaskan or Pike Place to 1st (I've made it up one before but it wasn't worth the effort). There's a few others but nothing I'm ever around.
I ran 48x20 but now I ride the road bike round town.