Quote Originally Posted by marni View Post
sit up straight, spin easily, relax your death grip, breath deep and sing "we are climbing, we are climbing, yes we are, yes we are, this is not a real hill, this is not a real hill, no it's not, no it's not " to the tune of frere Jacques.

Practice practice practice and don't worry about the speed as long as you are going fast enough not to fall over.

marni
But what about when you are going so slow that you start weaving? Perhaps this is just a problem for me because I am new and still developing, but I've noted that if my speed drops below 5.5 mph or so then I start the weaving thing. Then I start focusing on trying to keep a straight line - and if that gets too hard - OR if it is a twisty bendy road that traffic flies down I will walk to the top to keep from getting creamed.

On our Southern Tour ride a little over a week ago I did find myself starting to pick out landmarks on the way up the hill..like in "I can make it to that stick", or "I can make it to that tree", or crack, or whatever. It helped a lot and I made it to the top