Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
I will say that trikes in general tend to be worse at climbing than 'bents in general. My M5CHR loses very little to uprights until the grades get crazy. I can't stand.
OTOH on super steep hills, on a trike you can just stop, and start off again when rested. Bent bike or trike just gear down and spin. On short hills I just speed up before I get there and hammer up them. It builds leg strength. And leg strength on a bent is different than on a DF, it take a lot of miles to get "bent" legs.