Are the Chiltern hills considered steep, by professional cycling standards?
clearly they are not very high the tallest hill, (open to argument being coombe hill at 852 ft/260 m).
The reason i ask is im looking at buying a Felt f55 which only has 2 chain rings
im used to 3 and i have to use small ring on many of the hills around here, though although i stay quiet low on rear derailer.
Albeit the felt is around 7 lbs lighter than my current bike.
So in short... im asking the people who have riden the chilterns what sort of average gradent do you think they are? 10%? steeper than that? or less.
should a 2 ringer be able to manage them easy enough?