Originally Posted by
Badger6
Couldn't tell you about Rosarito, but the hills around Liège (Luik in Flemish) on both sides of the Meuse (Maas) river are sporty on a geared bike, some of the climbs average 10% with sections pitching up to near 20%. What kind of grades are you accustomed to climbing already?
I was thinking the same thing. Having driven through Liege a few years ago, I have the impression that it’s a city best experienced on a geared bike. With a single speed, I’d want something like 39x18 or 42x20 gears. You can always coast down hills (fixed gear would not be recommended there).
I’m not aware of a website that gives average slope figures for a given city, and certainly not one that compares two cities in this way. It would be cool, though.
A few other places I would want a geared bike: Glasgow, Scotland and Seoul, ROK. Single speeds and fixed gears work in places like Miami, Houston, or Cologne (Köln), Germany.