Could always trade the bike in against some walking boots.
May I suggest, that you are just a teeny bit bit bonkers. I mean, riding straight past the opportunity to sit down, take your shoes off and have a cuppa, and up a big hill.Yes, that was the problem. That hill is right by where I stay at weekends, it's too steep to ride 'cold' so I save it for the end of the ride and go straight past the gate, up the hill and a short extra loop back home. I knew full well that by turning back I'd be home in 30 seconds or so...but that I'd already done my 50km for the ride. Tricky one. Still trying to work out a figure of 8 ride that I like which would put it in the middle.
Most of the people that know me would disagree vehemently with you on that...specifically the "teeny bit" !May I suggest, that you are just a teeny bit bit bonkers. I mean, riding straight past the opportunity to sit down, take your shoes off and have a cuppa, and up a big hill.
Done that on my tandem trike, with my daughter, putting force on the pedals in the wrong direction. Had to hold the tandem with the brakes to stop rolling back, back pedal half a turn, then force the pedals round half a turn, then repeat until we got to the top!Get a trike every hill is climbable even at 2 mph
Now I know why your mileage used to be so low,and you preferred hiking
Similar problem whilst not much hill climbing there were a few short climbs, however I started to come down with an infection gaul bladder kidney some 8 miles from home, anyway this day I decided the route south on the A1 seemed the best way home except that was the wrong direction https://ridewithgps.com/trips/1518500 the 20 mile mark is where i started to be ill missed a junction and all I could think was right hence the little (19miles) diversion towards Donny.I had a similar problem on a local hill once. I'd had a very heavy cold for about a week and got back on my bike too soon after 'recovering'. In fact I was still very weak. I went into severe distress when trying to ride up the hill and realised that I was about to collapse so I dismounted, put my bike over a dry stone wall and then fell over the wall and collapsed unconscious into a pile of leaves on the other side! I woke up some time later drenched in sweat and shivering violently. I went home and back to bed. I left it a couple of weeks before trying again ...
Forget it and walk up the bits you need to, as it is currently it's stopping you from getting fitter! Just aim a little higher each time or pause, take a quick breather and do a little bit moreQuite relevant for me, this topic.
Mountain Hill bank steepincline within a mile of my house that cant avoid. When I started commuting went out 3-4 times to do the hill just by itself to make sure I could get up it without walking. I have walked up hills before and dont know what it is, perceived shame, or maybe as someone else sated, just dissapoinment, but hate walking. So made sure I could get up it, and after 5 months of commuting I never even thought about the hill, knew I could get up it and even relished the bit extra effort needed...however, for one reason or another I haven't commuted since Nov 27th. I have been out a few times tho, and have realised I have lost any cycling fitness I previously had - the biggest thing stopping me commuting now tho, is just that hill...I know I will not be able to get up it and its seriously pi55ing me off...have looked at possibly another way but its and extra 5 miles.
So am looking to gently get cycling fitness back by doing odd 8-10 mile rides when time allows and hopefully start the commute again when better weather comes (in other words, making excuses :-(...its completely stupid, I know I should just do it and if I walk so what, but, its seen by no-one else other than me, as a massive sign of unfitness/failure, especially as only 2 months ago I had no problem with it.
