Trouble with steep hills

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Eastern hills aren't as tall as western ones, but they're steep. In the Blue Ridge, she probably can't ride without encountering a 15% grade at least every few miles, and 20-25% is common. On eastern hills, there really is no spinning at all. We don't have hills shallow enough to spin up!

what do you mean you don't have hills shallow enough to spin up?

However, I agree about eastern hills can be horrible because the roads were built without the grading requirements that were made 100 years later when we finally paved the western USA.