Quote Originally Posted by luv2climb View Post
Sounds like your rides are somewhat similar to mine. The only ride I do that requires me to drive to the start of the ride is a climbing ride, so those are done once a week. The rest of the week I ride down here in the valley where I live. I only drive if it's absolutely necessary, so I probably ride quite a few miles during the week. I don't have a computer on any of my bikes and I only use the Garmin for climbing rides, so I don't keep track of mileage.

Mountain biking will definitely help your road climbing. I used to mtb all the time in the early 90s when I actually had a properly fitting mtb. Lots of good steep stuff on mtb trails!

Believe it or not, even though you can clearly hear me suffering in my videos, I love it! I'm one of those twisted types who enjoys suffering, so my climbs are done for fun in addition to the challenge of conquering yet another long steep climb.
You're so lucky to have the Sierras at your disposal for this. While we have some hills in Southern Indiana, few are terribly scenic and certainly they aren't as scenic as your neck of the woods.

Catrin, are you taking your road bike with you on your camping trip? There's certainly some good hills in the park. Maybe too good. I got my heart rate up to 220 on one of them once. That's as high as I've seen it. It's the hill just before you get to the Lodge parking lot.