Originally Posted by
Muffin Man
I struggle climbing with 36 x 28 lmao
Those must be some really steep hills. The hills on my route doesnt even last half a mile and I easily get tired trying to get over it. I dont think I can even call it hills... hump maybe, idk.
Originally Posted by
TimothyH
The funny thing is that the rest of the riders were on road bikes and I was the first up almost every hill.
Granted, these weren't the A group but every time a hill came they just shifted to their 36-28 or whatever they had. I didn't have a choice other than to up my cadence, settle in and go. I've spent a lot of time on the fixed gear bike this past year and it has helped my ability to climb tremendously.
We are not talking mountains here, just very rolling terrain. If I can keep it above 55 or 60 RPM or so then I'm generally alright. At one point I had to zig-zag though.
I do the zig zag thing all the time, with my tongue hanging out. The worst is when I ahve to start at the bottom of the hill on a red stoplight