I was the ringleader on HeatherErin and Mimitabby's ride, and I am used to hills. But I can tell you that when I first started I had a hard time with them . However, since in order to get anywhere on my bike I have to go up and down hills, I learned to deal with them. It actually gets to a point where you LIKE hills, because you have such a sense of accomplishment when you get to the top. Plus, you get to go downhill . Sometimes learning how to enjoy going downhill fast is harder than learning how to get up the hill!

Being in the correct gear is the first step. There's one hill we took this past Sunday which is a bear, because you've just gone downhill (so you are in those big gears) and then immediately start going back up a very steep incline (so you need to switch to granny gears)--those are tough!

East Hill