doesn't it feel great! I have a couple of nasty hills on my ride that I've always hated. Back in the spring I was barely making it up the hills and swearing and *****ing them out. Just the other day I realized that I am actually finding myself going faster up the hills and not having to shift down to my lowest granny gear to get up them. I couldn't believe it when I looked down at my spedometer and instead of only going about 5 mph up the hill I was going 8-9 mph!!! Just keep working at it and all of a sudden you will realize that hmmmmmmm, wait a sec, that just got easier!!!!