Road Bike

[SteCenturion]

Hills more than 5% are never easy for me regardless on what gearing I've got!

The answer is to only go down hills.

Up to 20 % will then be a breeze.

 

[screenman]

I'm told a 50/34 front and 11-32 rear SRAM set up can get you up any hill..I am yet to see this in practice but I am too heavy with a dodgy leg!

The last two bits do not go together well, I hope things improve for you. I used to be the same but now I only have the dodgy leg, which it seems is not as dodgy as it was before.

 

[vickster]

I know - have had a bad knee for nearly 5 years, getting worse unfortunately, regardless of anything else. And everyone knows about the ongoing shin injury. Losing weight when I can't meaningfully exercise is a disaster for me. But let's not go there, depressed about it all as it

 

[biggs682]

In which case, just practice hills more often!

or just avoid at all costs

 

[Chris Edwards]

Think I get the drift here. The old addage a poor workman always blames his tools, and I thought I was fit

 

[JoeyB]

Think I get the drift here. The old addage a poor workman always blames his tools, and I thought I was fit

Keep at it and they do get easier...well, I say that, what actually happens is you just get faster for the same measure of discomfort

 

[morrisman]

I struggled up hills on my hybrid with a triple and was really concerned when I bought my Defy 2 with a compact double 34/50 and 12/30. But I can now go up hills with relative ease that on the hybrid just were not attainable, the triple may have given lower gears but that just made me run out of lungs before I ran out of legs.