Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
We did a drill for that at the clinic if you recall. Get your weight forward--either a little or a lot depending on how steep the hill--in order to give your front wheel some traction. Think b**bs to the tube. Where it gets trickier--and the North Gate Connector is a good example of this--is when you're going uphill and need to get your weight off your front wheel a bit to deal with roots or rocks. I'm still trying to work on that; it's hard!!!!
That was a fun drill, I was just trying to start the bike So far I've simply been able to ride over the uphill roots on Limekiln - though am walking the steepest little bits there since they also tend to be rocky...

Catrin the Slow