Haha, this is a question worth asking indeed ! 😁
if you have a closer look to my bike you will see that it is an E-bike, and I can swear I could not make it without the E help at this precise place you are talking about 😅
Even the first times we did the loop, I didn't want to make it in the west-east direction because I thought it would be too hard, even with the electric assistance. But then I let myself be convinced by my man, who has a normal bike for him because he is an excellent cyclist, and we did the loop in the east-west direstion and then of course it climbs much more easily with my electric bike 😄
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The E-bike makes sense. Its such a steep hill!