Today was a milestone for me!!!

Oooh, I just did a devil of a hill this past weekend. I don't know how steep it was, but it reminded me of going up on a roller coaster ride. :eek: I had just come down a steep hill and was pedaling like a mad woman to get up that blasted hill when......I accidentally geared up to the highest gear--front and rear. :eek: :eek: Dumb! Dumb! I almost came to a halt and had to jump off my bike to run up the hill. In the meantime, there are cars whizzing right by me on a road that has no shoulder. :eek: Geez! The things we do! :rolleyes:

Great news about conquering the hill! What a great confidence booster!

One of my goals for this year is to ride up a VERY hated hill on John Bryan Park Road near Yellow Springs, Ohio. The last time I rode -- make that walked -- up that hill with my bike I was grumbling at DH all the way up.

That is fantastic! I know the feeling and once you've done it, you know you can do it again. Yay!!!

I swear at them as I climb them, I found it intimidates them a bit and makes them behave.

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Originally Posted by indigoiis

Look down... do I have a flat??? Nope. Maybe it's that time of month? Nope. Maybe I suddenly contracted lyme disease? Nope. Is this road going ever so slightly upwards??? Ah yes!!!

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LOL!! I soooo know that feeling! Some kind of evil headwind I somehow can't feel?

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Originally Posted by teawoman

LOL!! I soooo know that feeling! Some kind of evil headwind I somehow can't feel?

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Oh and have you ever done this? I have stem end shifters. The other day at mile fifteen I was going up a ghost hill, and I looked at the right shifter and it was all the way up, meaning, I was on the easiest of gears.

I forgot to look at the left though. I was on the biggest ring!

There I was slugging away, thinking, "That's it, I've lost it. I suck."

When I got to the top (and with ghost hills, where exactly IS the top? [insert twilight zone theme here]) I looked at the left shifter and was like, well DUH!!!

Although it sucks as you go up a hill like this feeling like you are performing badly, I really love looking down and realising that I went up in the big chain ring!

You muscled your way up - congrats Indi!

Next time you know you can do a few higher gears in you small chain ring!

That is so great. Way to Go!!!!!

I know the avoiding hills feeling. LOL Now you know you can do it and nothing will stop you. Congratulations again!!