EasyCompany
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:14:03 -0700 (PDT), DennisTheBald
<DennisTheBald@gmail.com> wrote:
>> There’s another hill right by my house (at the top of the hill)
>> Lately I’ve been making it to the top of that one, but by then I’m in
>> the lowest gear and I’m almost to a full stop, not to mention out of
>> breath. I’d rather not get into that situation while away from
>> home.
>
>Yeah, a recent change in routes has me going up a hill that made me
>stop at the top and catch my breath the first couple times. But after
>only a couple weeks I
One thing you can do on very hard hills until you get them conquered
is to pull into a side street about halfway up, or when you feel
overexerted. Then ride down the side street a few yards (they're
usually flat) and recover and turn around. Tthen pull back out onto
the hill with a bit of momentum and complete the hill.
I have a long 4 mile hill that I sometimes get calf cramps riding, and
have had to use this tactic a few times. It usually only takes about
20 seconds to recover and get going again.
HTH
<DennisTheBald@gmail.com> wrote:
>> There’s another hill right by my house (at the top of the hill)
>> Lately I’ve been making it to the top of that one, but by then I’m in
>> the lowest gear and I’m almost to a full stop, not to mention out of
>> breath. I’d rather not get into that situation while away from
>> home.
>
>Yeah, a recent change in routes has me going up a hill that made me
>stop at the top and catch my breath the first couple times. But after
>only a couple weeks I
One thing you can do on very hard hills until you get them conquered
is to pull into a side street about halfway up, or when you feel
overexerted. Then ride down the side street a few yards (they're
usually flat) and recover and turn around. Tthen pull back out onto
the hill with a bit of momentum and complete the hill.
I have a long 4 mile hill that I sometimes get calf cramps riding, and
have had to use this tactic a few times. It usually only takes about
20 seconds to recover and get going again.
HTH
