I was only able to take a short ride last night so went to my favorite park. There is a rather long (to me) hill there with several pretty steep bits - some of which are steeper than the others. For the really steep bits I did wind up down in the granny gear spinning up at about 7-7.5 mph.
On the NOT so steep bits however, I found myself gaining speed going UPHILL - where I used to suffer I found myself going an entire 14+ mph :D :cool: :D This is seriously cool.
Tis probably a combination of starting to be able to break through the resistance in a harder gear and learning to shift better - but it is progress and I am happy.
We will see how I and Fishback hill get along early tomorrow morning - it is the only hill in the region I've ridden for months that makes me walk it. Very short, very steep. Someone has painted a smiley face in the midst of it :)
