Lorri Lown, coach of the Velogirls team once showed me to start on a hill you pick a gear a notch or two up from what you'd ride the hill in, start with your "strong side" pedal up, clip in with that foot and just go-baby-go.

She said the key is to commit.

Haven't been able to pull it off yet.

Still doing things like find a driveway or intersecion where I can swing out and back in a loop or..more often...crosstrain till a flat or near flat section. yep, I'm a wimp. I do not do the ride downhill than back up thing due to you have to do 2 u-turns.

No problems unclipping on a hill, just can't get going again. Guess I better ride to the top then.