I'm going to make sure I never ever do again, I usually only go up hills like that by mistake. I only do hills if they happen to be in my way.Don't go up a 25% hill.....
I just make sure my mechs are properly adjusted.
And there in lies the problem, I've never ridden up Leith hill from the side. I didn't know about the kicker at the top. On paper, box hill looks worse, in reality (because of the steady nature of the climb, and the billiard table smooth surface) it's a piece of cake to get the mechs working on the fly.You definitely need to be adjusting gears before you get to the 25% bit.... obviously if you know the terrain.
Yeah, it's depressing when the toughest hill you've ridden is barely 12%. Oh well, I'm back in Somerset soon and maybe will test my legs on some actual 25%s!...and why is it that you cycle round the corner and the hill looks at least 25% and feels like it yet when you look at your Garmin or get home and check Strava it says something like 14% - I'm sure mine's faulty!!!
Yeah, it's depressing when the toughest hill you've ridden is barely 12%. Oh well, I'm back in Somerset soon and maybe will test my legs on some actual 25%s!
I go on the road sign...and why is it that you cycle round the corner and the hill looks at least 25% and feels like it yet when you look at your Garmin or get home and check Strava it says something like 14% - I'm sure mine's faulty!!!
That's probably for the bestI saw a roadsign with 33% printed on it on the way up the moors on saturday.
I did not go to investigate
And the bit that annoys more is the scrape to the bike not the elbow!
Does result in an absence of self-deprecating humour though.Let's face it
The answer is a recumbent trike with Rohloff
There is no problem