This is my absolute BIGGEST fear when clipping in...only because it has HAPPENED to me on a hill, and it was quite terrifying!

I was in the Boyne/Petosky area in northern Michigan, and I had been so excited thinking about biking up there. I got out there, and it was hill after hill after HUGE hill. I thought I was going to DIE!! I was almost to the top of the last hill, I was in my granny gear, and I was clipped in. I swore I wouldn't make it, and I could NOT stop for anything, or my bike would be at a dead stop, and i would fall. I didn't care so much about getting hurt as much as I was worried about my bike getting damaged.

I think it was just knowing that I could damage my bike, and get hurt myself, that forced me to keep on pedaling. I had no idea where the strength came from, because my legs felt like jello. I got back to the house, and my boyfriend said "well, that was a quick ride!"

I told him it was the longest ride of my life!