Hills!

[Glasgow44]

Some days hills seem easy, other days the same hill can be brutal.
Too soon in a ride I might not be up to speed.
Late in a ride , getting tired, or needing food.
I wouldn't give up and go down the E road yet.

I've tackled all the tough ones in Glasgow.
Gardiner Street in Partick is definitely the biggest challenge.

Gardner Street in Partick is a bitch!

 

[Zipp2001]

This little stinger was just one of many stingers on a 75 mile ride I did on my birthday with a few friends a few years back. Lots of suffering but my attitude is no hill is going to beat me, and pain is delicious. It does help that I work and ride in the 4th hilliest city in the US, so I get to play on stuff like this on a regular basis.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmOuDHPDiA0

 

[ColinJ]

That 'cooled your biryani down a bit'*** - ha ha!

It's the kind of climb we have lots of around here, but I go up them at about half your speed!

Examples: Cross Stone Rd, Pudsey Rd/Shore Rd, Doghouse Ln, and probably worst of all - Church Ln/Mytholm Steeps!




*** British expression. Biryani = spicy Indian dish.

 

[johnnyb47]

I think knowing how steep and how long the hill is the key answer for me. If its not too big and know i can easily tackle it, i will give it everything i can to get up it as fast as i can. The longer ones or steeper ones, i will just simply pace myself and "dig in" knowing its going to be a good one.
I treat unknown hills gently until ive worked them a few times to get a mental picture of them.

 

[classic33]

That 'cooled your biryani down a bit'*** - ha ha!

It's the kind of climb we have lots of around here, but I go up them at about half your speed!

Examples: Cross Stone Rd, Pudsey Rd/Shore Rd, Doghouse Ln, and probably worst of all - Church Ln/Mytholm Steeps!




*** British expression. Biryani = spicy Indian dish.

"The Buttress"!

 

[ColinJ]

"The Buttress"!

Very tough - true, but it isn't a road! (Although I did see a driver get stuck at the top once, trying to treat it as one... )

 

[classic33]

Very tough - true, but it isn't a road! (Although I did see a driver get stuck at the top once, trying to treat it as one... )

There used to be a disabled parking bay around the halfway mark.

 

[ColinJ]

There used to be a disabled parking bay around the halfway mark.

 

[FrankCrank]

....I've never felt any shame in cycling halfway up long steep hills, and walking the rest - gives a nice break from the saddle anyways.....

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Granny gear first time round..
next time you know your capabilities...
Nothing wrong with 'milking' it
I count to 120, starting at 0 then go to 11, then 21, then 31 then 41 onwards and so on..
I feel no shame being slow up ascents...

 

[Vantage]

Examples: Cross Stone Rd, Pudsey Rd/Shore Rd, Doghouse Ln, and probably worst of all - Church Ln/Mytholm Steeps!

No no no no no no!
Doghouse Ln is not a hill.
It's a damn cliff face!

 

[pjd57]

Granny gear first time round..
next time you know your capabilities...
Nothing wrong with 'milking' it
I count to 120, starting at 0 then go to 11, then 21, then 31 then 41 onwards and so on..
I feel no shame being slow up ascents...

Slow and steady every time.

Even going down these days.