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  1. #1
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    Re: Tips on making it up steep section of hill?

    I can attest 3mph up a hill is perfectly doable :-) I can stand just fine, but I prefer the sit and spin method.
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    I will say that being able to stay upright in the saddle at extremely low speed depends a lot on having low gears. The taller a gear you have to push, the harder it is to keep from wobbling side to side. It can be done, but that's practically trials-rider grade stuff. Which, trials bikes don't have seats ... because you have so much more control and balance when you're standing with your weight on your feet ...
    Last edited by OakLeaf; 06-18-2013 at 12:31 PM.
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    There's one hill on one of the rides I do that I have never managed - it's just too steep at the very very top. But if this is a hill you are doing often, just try to get 10 feet further each time you do the hill. Before you know it you will be all the way up there.

 

 

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