Lance Armstrong says that a hill is nothing more than the road slopping upward. Early in his career, he said he only focued on about twenty feet of the road in front of him. That way he never had the psy effect of going up a hill. It was just the road in front of him. It works! On my last organized ride, there was a few places where the road slopped upward significantly. I lowered my head and focused on the road in front of me. Before I realized it, I was on level road again. If I look at a hill, I psy my self out - I defeat myself before I start. Hills are tough for me, but hopefully in time, I will take them with out a problem.....I hope