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When we told people our plan to do the C2C on our two-speed Bromptons, we heard many a story about evil hills to climb along the route. It has to be said there were some very long and very steep climbs, sometimes both steep and long. We would also be first to admit that we needed lower gears, but still managed to grind up all the C2C climbs and carry our luggage with a decent amount of zig-zagging – with the exception of the very steep 200m stretch coming up out of Garrigill. Zig-zagging on this bit meant that we were just going back and forth across the road and not getting anywhere, so we got off and pushed! However, we both got a great sense of achievement from grinding past a group of mountain-bike riders, who were pushing their bikes uphill in spite of their low gears, having earlier taken the mickey out of us for doing the C2C ‘on giant kids’ bikes’. It’s not what bike you have, it’s what you do with it! Our next challenge is doing the Land’s End to John O’Groats route on the Bromptons, aiming to take eight days to complete the 1000 miles!