Quote Originally Posted by kelownagirl
I laugh at staying in your biggest gear etc because right now, I pretty well have to start in 3rd to last gear, and can only maintain about 15kmh for the first third, then drop down a gear and ride at about 10-12 kmh for a little bit, then down to easiest gear and slug up the last section at around 6-7 kmh. Did you know it's actually possible to ride that slow?
And here I came home practically crowing because I made it up the little hills in west side Madison at the bottom of my middle chain ring doing 6-7 mph. For me that felt FAAAST (for a hill). Last Fall I was down in my next lowest gear and doing maybe 4!

Oh, what the heck. I know lots of women are faster than I. I can be happy for them and still proud of doing better and better, a little at a time. You go gals! Kill them hills! Make'm lie down flat, then I'll come along and give 'em another rolling over.