I'm riding in the top (8th) gear now. I've had my cargobike for a month and half now. The first several weeks I rode it on flat grades in 4th ot 5th, never above 5th other than while cruising downhill.
As you can see from my last few postings, I'd gotten fixated on testing and training myself on hill climbing. The grades were 2-7° and a little over 300 foot climb. I did this daily for the first 5 weeks of owning the bike.
I credit the intensity of the hill climbing for transforming my flat ground riding : in 8th and fairly fast. With this new speed capacity for my legs and lungs my casual runs to the store, on the flat Burke-Gilman trail, are now enough of a workout.
....and exhilaratingly fun.
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