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That does sound like a great trip!
In my experience, uphill is harder on the muscles and downhill is harder on the joints. Kinda makes sense, too: your muscles have to work harder to move your weight uphill against gravity and your joints cop a greater impact coming downhill with gravity.
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05-10-2006, 06:40 PM #16
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Oh wow Pedal Wench - what a great trip. Have fun!!
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05-11-2006, 04:11 PM #17
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