Quote Originally Posted by Kano View Post
I've been curious, reading this thread, about the definition of "slowly spinning up a hill" -- I know I'm slow, but this year I feel like I'm flying up at 6-8 mph on hills that last year I plodded up at about 3-5 mph -- and felt like I was doing pretty well just to make the climb!
Karen in Boise
Karen, I too get very excited this season when I can get up a hill faster than I did last year! Last year, 4-5mph was my max speed up most hills-- hanging on for dear life with maximum heart rate and screaming quads. This year (such as today!) I was hitting 7-8 mph on those same hills.

Still, even with my big improvement, younger/fitter riders were passing me. But I didn't care one bit - I was just so thrilled to be better than I was last year -- and to not "hurt" so much either!