Different types of hills

[Fab Foodie]

I quite enjoy the short steep out of the saddle attack -

Me too. I've decent leg strength with compromised cardio. After years of fixed riding and gas-pipe 3 speeds in native Devon I find climbing out of the saddle comes naturally (except on the Brompton).
You can never have too low gearing either.

Practice does make perfect however.

 

[DaveReading]

Shock news: how fast you can get up a hill depends on how fit you are.

 

[Citius]

Shock news: how fast you can get up a hill depends on how fit you are.

 

[Montydog]

Nice to know its not just me then !

same here fella....practice makes perfect....hopefully

 

[ayceejay]

All the hills I have ever climbed whether short and steep or long and steep have the same adjective attached to them, it begins with an 'f' and is spelled tuliping.

 

[pawl]

eBike?

E Bikes.! Is that what they say up in Yorkshire .

 

[albion]

Different types?

Well we have the Up Hill and of course the Down Hill.
And if you have holes in your socks a Darned Hill might be the job.

 

[PK99]

Different types?

Well we have the Up Hill and of course the Down Hill.
And if you have holes in your socks a Darned Hill might be the job.

And if you don't have enough hills and want some more you have a f****** hill.

 

[Cuchilo]

I have problems on steep climbs , so when I got my new bike , I had a triple chain ring fitted ,cost £30 extra , it is by modern standards a heavy bike, yep slow, lot of pedaling , lot of puffing , but it does get me to the top ! The bike does bob up and down a bit on the back end also , I read somewhere , maybe CW , that In Italy ( I think ) it is common to see bikes with triple rings fitted because of the hills , does help ,

Try Nightingale lane

 

[ozboz]

Try Nightingale lane

Where is Nightingale Hill ?

 

[Cuchilo]

Where is Nightingale Hill ?

Richmond hill , From Petersham road and past the nice hotel up to the top of Richmond hill . I do it on a standard double like a beast ........
and a dribbling idiot when i get to the top

https://www.strava.com/segments/761305

 

[ozboz]

Richmond hill , From Petersham road and past the nice hotel up to the top of Richmond hill . I do it on a standard double like a beast ........
and a dribbling idiot when i get to the top

https://www.strava.com/segments/761305

Nope , not done that , done star an garter one , I'll have a go !!

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've been riding the hills around here for years. I haven't increased my speed(I wouldn't call it that!)but i have got out the habit of making excuses to stop a few times while climbing them. The stopping to check if anyone has rung my phone or to see where the other riders are has decreased significantly. I now tend to go up them in one movement. I think it was mind over matter. I just felt the need to stop because i was climbing a steep hill, even though i wasn't overly out of breath or had aching legs. The elderly gent who runs the Wednesday slow riders group caught me slacking quite a few times and rollocked me every time. I have to thank him for his encouragement in getting me out the habit of having an unnecessary skive!

 

[Poacher]

There are a quite a few hills at the weekends near me...

Where are they in the rest of the week?

Sorry, couldn't resist!

 

[Heisenberg71]

Surprised nobody has mentioned the age old technique of getting a run up.
Chucking a quick sprint on the flat leading in, then holding it for the first third of the short ramp gets you well up it with minimised effort. Then sit, drop a gear or two and dig in with cadence. Before you know it, you're there.

Technique gets you so far, but I agree that the only long term sustainable solution is lose weight, get fitter and keep riding hills. There's no silver bullet.