Perhaps others have said this already, but it sounds to me as if you are in
far too low a gear when you stand. I also expect that you feel yourself
forced into the granny at the bottom of the climb in order to maintain
momentum, so that standing is, as above, no option.
I suggest you consider fatt
On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 19:30 -0700, GeorgeS wrote:
> 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 Jul 7, 2009, at 9:30 PM, GeorgeS wrote:
> 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
On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 19:30 -0700, GeorgeS wrote:
> 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 7/7/09 7:30 PM, GeorgeS at chobur...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> 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 (fo
I'm sure others will be more helpful, but one thing I do in similar
situations is to try to pick up the tempo and then go a bit
perpendicular to the incline if I feel like shifting up; this takes a
bit of the strain off the drive train during the shift.
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