Quote Originally Posted by Veronica View Post
Hung with the fast guys today for 42 minutes at 20+ mph. The road tilted up, just a bit and I was off the back almost immediately. It was a fun ride though and they waited for me. At one point we were doing 29! I was drafting off the tallest guy in the group and had absolutely no wind!

I will never be a fast climber, but I've definitely gotten faster on the flats. I remember when the fast group would drop us when were on the tandem.

Veronica
When I used to ride with the guys, no one wanted to be behind me in a rotation. I was too short for them to have any wind break.

On an added note: Not even good climbers like to climb. They all HURT!! they are just mentally too tough to admit that they too are hurting! Wasn't it late Marco Pantini said "I climb fast so I can stop this agony quicker" or something to that effect.