Ditto. Besides all the real-biker-stuff like shifting & spinning, I think hills are 60% headgame. I count. I look at the ground in front of me and count to 20 - then I look up. Then I reassess if I need to shift again and start counting. After all this counting, shifting, and looking...I'm up the hill before I know it. It's just something to distract me from saying, "OMG...I'm dying getting up this hill". It works great for me!