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04-09-2010, 12:47 PM #1
What's over that hill?
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04-09-2010, 01:53 PM #2
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Great post. Very inspirational. You really learn who your friends are when you get pushed up a hill.
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04-09-2010, 02:52 PM #3
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Well, if I had been given the advice to stop wasting energy and stand up, I never would have gone up the hill; I would have been crying in the middle of the road. I gear down and spin up 15% grades, seated. Sure, I'm not fast, but I get up them and have since the beginning.
Your story *is* inspirational, but I would have fallen over in the road if I geared up and stood on a climb...
Everybody is different.
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04-09-2010, 03:24 PM #4
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Wonderful story; That is what the biking community SHOULD be all about and so often is not
I'm so glad that you have had a great experience
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04-09-2010, 04:03 PM #5
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Crankin,
Originally Posted by Crankin
I already knew how to sit and spin up a hill. What I couldn't do was gear down, sit, and spin up a hill without getting spit out the back of the paceline.
What those ladies taught me was how to ride well WITH the group, which is a total blast!
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04-10-2010, 02:59 AM #6
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OK, the difference is that I don't ride in a paceline.
I just want to get up the hill!
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