what do YOU call a hill????

I ride up a 10% incline 1.89 miles, takes me oh bout 18 min, first time it took 19:54, I am getting better. Hills here are steep, I don't consider them a hill unless you CAN'T pedal down them :D

...is when I experience that moment of clarity going up, consisting of a little voice inside saying, "Why the hell am I doing this?"
I heard it just the other day on the Guadalupe Mines Road.

I learned on my trip to Austria this summer that i have never really been up a mountain before... I climbed 3 "hills" with 12-15% grades. One seemed long, but it was probably a mile. The others were shorter. At one point, I was going 3-4 km/per hr... on all of them. I didn't care. I cared that I got up them, didn't have to stop or be picked up by the support van!

trigurl, I want to draft you. You are much stronger than I am.

So I saw the title of this thread and my first thought was:

I call a hill a dirty rotten piece of **** (insert whatever cuss word works for you) that God put here just to Mess with my Quads!!

THAT"S what I call a hill!!!! ;)

We have a hill near us with a sign that says 15% grade. Is that the grade you are talking about? It does look rather steep and is pretty long. So far I have given it a wide berth but when I get stronger I hope to give it a shot.

The scenery is not bad too I have passed plenty of lovely lean men out of the saddle on it while Im cruising up it slowly in the car - very slowly so I can really enjoy the view. :D

Hmm. My take on the mountain vs. hill thing has always been about how much snow it collects in winter, but I guess that's the skier/snowboarder in me.

pkg, you have to be strong here, if you aren't you will be after riding a few months!

I rode that mtn/hill yesterday I was really going up it faster than ever, my riding buddy was having a hard time but I felt great, I didn't time it but I know it was faster than before. I give my riding buddy a break tho she IS 58 :eek: but she doesn't look it or act it. :)