hill repeats?

[SadieKate]

Well I do know that because I live on it. (Tam, not poo.) Actually, I'm sure there is poo on it, just not on the fire road and not cow poo.

But puppy and horse poo don't fling as well.

[SadieKate]

Standing on dirt vs road -- I don't think either one is harder than the other. On the dirt, there are times you have to so I guess necessity makes it easy. It becomes 2nd nature. The whole pedal strike/ratchet thing takes brain power but it isn't always necessary.

[luv'nAustin]

Great tips everyone! I love to stand on the hills, it makes them much easier for me. In fact, sometimes it makes me feel as if I'm cheating!

[Nanci]

At least on a road bike, you don't flip over backwards if you can't keep going!!

Nanci

[li10up]

Great tips everyone! I love to stand on the hills, it makes them much easier for me. In fact, sometimes it makes me feel as if I'm cheating!

I'm just up the road from you in Waco. Do you ever ride up here?

[SadieKate]

There is this stupid little hill on one of our routes. I hated it as a newbie and I've always wondered why it is such an annoyance. It is in full sun but it is short. Had my new computer on yesterday (Cliclo 434) and discovered that the hill just gets steeper and steeper, topping out at 9%. Now, I don't feel so bad about the cuss words I used to yell at it.

[RoadRaven]

LOL Sadie, I cuss too... about 1km from my gate is a very steep hill... its great leaving cause its downhill... but returning home is always tough - its only about 500metres long but its 11%gradient!!! Yup, I def cuss too...

[latelatebloomer]

What a good thread for me to read this morning. It is time for me to get some hill smarts. I had to stop mid-way on the first hill on our club ride last night, and it completely deflated my attitude for a while. The good part of the ride was that a large and powerful mtb biker rode with me and coached me before the hills. One problem was that the ride leader had previously told us to avoid the granny gear. The mtnbiker said, you paid for it, use it for now.

So it's hill repeats for me so I can stay on my bike! I'm also finding that I need to get to the club ride early and do some warm-up riding. Hitting that first hill before my lungs and muscles are opened up is the other killer.

For a moment there, last night, I saw some people walking in a park and thought, "walking! What a great sport!"

[maillotpois]

There is this stupid little hill on one of our routes. I hated it as a newbie and I've always wondered why it is such an annoyance. It is in full sun but it is short. Had my new computer on yesterday (Cliclo 434) and discovered that the hill just gets steeper and steeper, topping out at 9%. Now, I don't feel so bad about the cuss words I used to yell at it.

Were they monosyllabic cuss words? Usually as the hill gets steeper that's what I'm reduced to.

So your new computer was in and is working?? Like it?? Sometimes I don't want to know what the % is. Sometimes it is good.

[SadieKate]

So your new computer was in and is working?? Like it?? Sometimes I don't want to know what the % is. Sometimes it is good.

Yep, it is working. Had to drill out the magnet hole for a bladed spoke but let Joe do that as I wasn't sure if the computer was even working. I've had such bad computer kharma. It was actually kind of fun to see the numbers as I rode on the hills. I like the validation of my pain.

I try to keep the cuss words under my breath and I'm usually succesful on inanimate hills. Other times with animate objects . . .