Quote Originally Posted by pinkbikes View Post
Oh - now that's really interesting, because all my hill issues were born from my young and image-conscious days trying to ride my old roadie with a 13-18 on the back!

Too funny...

in my young days my training rear wheel had a 13-21, my race bike had a 13-18 and my small chainring was a 42, and climbing hills was so much fun I used to go back to the bottom and climb it again, sometimes twice, instead of waiting at the top for the rest of my training buddies...

now I'm old and feeble and my bottom gear is a 30x25 and hills just kick my *ss.

Anyway, great job on your breakthrough. I do love hills. Really, I miss them all winter. But they kick my *ss.