What is a "pure climber"

[kenyonchris]

We had a "slow race" up a hill on the team ride the other week. Two of us actually managed to make our speedometers read 0.... (though I may have an advantage because mine only reads out in increments of .5). It's actually not a bad skill to practice - improves your bike handling a lot to go very slowly and try hard to not wobble.

Yes....this is a good bike handling exercise. In patrol bike school (granted, on mountain bikes) we do a LOT of slow bike exercises....one is an 8ft box...we try to fit three bikes circling in an 8 foot coned box. It is very hard, as you have to be almost wheel to wheel. We start with one (hard enough), add a second (very hard) and then a third joins in. Another is a cone drill involving slow weaving through very tightly spaced cones....in, out, figure 8, in, out figure 8.