Is it OK to get off your bike and walk up a hill?

Is it OK to get off your bike and walk up a hill?

The Guardian
January 16, 2015

[…] According to Chris Balfour, who runs training camps in the Pyrenees, the problem is partly to do with road cycling’s recent and rapid transition from an egalitarian, inclusive sport to “the new golf”, where phoney etiquette and cosmetic detail is everything. He says:

“Some of the snobbery and sneering which exists towards riders using ‘granny gears’ or who occasionally walk is really quite divisive and disappointing. […]”