Originally Posted by
justblues
Which brings up another question. Although I live in a hilly part of the world, most of my riding has indeed been on relatively flat routes. When I do go over hills, I tend to coast down. Is it so terrible to consider the downhill to be the reward from making it over the uphill?
Are you kiddin'? Downhills are the only reason why I do uphills! Although you're doing it wrong. I don't stop pedaling until I run out of spin, somewhere north of 45 mph. As MRT2 says, if there's another hill looming, it's always good to carry as much speed as you can into it.