"Invisible" Hill technique?

[SadieKate]

Headology. It's all in the acceptance of your fate and controlling your thoughts. Find the zen of the moment.

[redrhodie]

It's so refreshing to hear you gripe!

If you want, I'll ride along side and tell you happy things to make you forget what you're doing.

[SadieKate]

Sing to her! That'll move the pain from her legs to . . . er, um, . . .

[equus123]

Two options for false flats:

1) keep your gear and slow your cadence to a comfortable pace

or

2) shift easier and spin faster


Either way....keep your effort/intensity/perceived exertion exactly the same as it was before the false flat or slightly higher...barely enough to really notice too much.

[lph]

Last time I had one of these, with a headwind to match, I tried to focus on the feeling of the air rushing past me, instead of the road going ever more slowly underneath my wheels. Tried telling myself that my relative speed (to the air) was the same and to GET MOVING! It helped a little. Or you can practice riding one-legged, pulling up, without hands, anything to get your mind busy.

[makbike]

Take it to an easier gear and try to maintain your cadence. Just let yourself "float" up the hill.

[OakLeaf]

Set your computer to only display cadence, not speed. You'll still sense that you're going more slowly than your eyes think you ought to, but it won't be so obvious so it might not psych you out as badly.

Around here, the false flats usually happen in the middle of climbs, and I actually love 'em - it's a chance to get my cadence back up and rest some before the next steep grade.