I learned on my trip to Austria this summer that i have never really been up a mountain before... I climbed 3 "hills" with 12-15% grades. One seemed long, but it was probably a mile. The others were shorter. At one point, I was going 3-4 km/per hr... on all of them. I didn't care. I cared that I got up them, didn't have to stop or be picked up by the support van!
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08-22-2005, 01:49 PM #1
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08-22-2005, 02:15 PM #2
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trigurl, I want to draft you. You are much stronger than I am.
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08-22-2005, 02:49 PM #3
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So I saw the title of this thread and my first thought was:
I call a hill a dirty rotten piece of **** (insert whatever cuss word works for you) that God put here just to Mess with my Quads!!
THAT"S what I call a hill!!!!
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08-22-2005, 03:50 PM #4
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We have a hill near us with a sign that says 15% grade. Is that the grade you are talking about? It does look rather steep and is pretty long. So far I have given it a wide berth but when I get stronger I hope to give it a shot.
The scenery is not bad too I have passed plenty of lovely lean men out of the saddle on it while Im cruising up it slowly in the car - very slowly so I can really enjoy the view.
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08-23-2005, 03:03 AM #5
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Hmm. My take on the mountain vs. hill thing has always been about how much snow it collects in winter, but I guess that's the skier/snowboarder in me.
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08-23-2005, 04:48 AM #6
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pkg, you have to be strong here, if you aren't you will be after riding a few months!
I rode that mtn/hill yesterday I was really going up it faster than ever, my riding buddy was having a hard time but I felt great, I didn't time it but I know it was faster than before. I give my riding buddy a break tho she IS 58
but she doesn't look it or act it. 
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