I should preface this question by saying that most of my bike riding
has been in pretty flat and/or rolling hill sort of country. I have
little experience on steep, long climbs. In Vermont I'm seeing quite
a few challenging (for me) hills. On the road I'm doing OK so long as
I don't talk myself into trying to "crush" the hill. Usually I can
get on my middle chain ring and one of the big sprockets and get off
the saddle after a bit and I'm getting to the top though I doubt that
Rabobank is going to be calling me anytime soon. The problem is on
gravel roads where I'm, out of necessity, riding substantially slower
so that I usually lack much momentum when I approach the hills. This
means I'm sometimes in the granny gear from the word go. But when I
try to break things up and rest my back a little by getting out of the
seat, I can't do it. My pedals are just falling away from me and I
immediately loose even more speed and have to unclip in a hurry to
save a ignominious fall. I'm afraid to try to upshift to the middle
chain ring while I'm climbing. What am I doing wrong? I guess I
should also say that I'm on the wrong side of 65.
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