On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:37:50 PM UTC-4, Pudge wrote: > > Aww, man, don't keep us in suspense.... >
Didn't think it'd be 'that' interesting, but, since ya asked... For me, right off the bat, selection #4, on page 7... 'heavy rider, hard hill'.... Ya know, I'm a horrible hill climber. Get off and push up things that I'd be thinking to myself, 'man, this is the kind of hill a bike is made for zooming over'.... (Part of the reason I can't comprehend picking a fixed or a singlespeed over derailleurs... I mean, sure, DON'T change gears if you don't want to, but, in case you do, there they are...) I'd somehow come to the conclusion in the back of my head that, though, if I can walk up something, I should be able to get up it faster on a bike, not have to spin up it at a slower-than-walking pace, or get off and walk up it. But, everytime I'd hit a climb, off I'd hop.... Having in print, from Grant, an inkling that I'd suspected right, but had never quite come 'round to it... but there, reading that, it started to click. I'm still not a hill climber, but I've found that, by pretending I'm a sprinter (watching Peter Segan in the TdF whipping the bike back and forth, actually helped this idea along), I can power up some hills that I'd not before, using my weight to help, coming down on each side harder than I'd done before... Have started to even look forward to hills, to practice it. I'm not as smooth as I want yet; I get whipped when it's too long or too steep, but, I've already gotten better. Anyhow... that tidbit was worth the price of admission... for me, at least.... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/xPOf5GYXJxAJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
