That doesn't help me muchthere is a secret to getting up the hills....
at the top there is always a fit blonde with big cakes...keep telling yourself that and everest will seem small
How to tackle Hills
- Thread starter chrisb1357
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BigonaBianchi
Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
- Location
- Iskele TRNC & Mordor UK
..you don't like big cakes?
BigonaBianchi
Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
- Location
- Iskele TRNC & Mordor UK
Taking climbs like this is 90% mental and 50% physical
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
My approach exactly. There's a popular cycling climb at the Dandenong Ranges, which conveniently enough is about 14km from where I live by road, so last year I rode up this hill on about 40 different occasions. Some days I took it easy, and on others I started the lap timer and really pushed myself, and my ascent time decreased by about 20%. The view's better than on a turbo trainer, too.
Nomadski
I Like Bikes
- Location
- LBS, Usually
I remember doing the 90km, four passes, Keswick sportive last year. My advice is to just take your time, there will always be people faster than you, and go at your own pace. But you do have to put some training in to make it, slightly, easier.
How did you do the fancypants elevation pic?
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Looks like they've done a screen dump from www.veloviewer.com .
Nomadski
I Like Bikes
- Location
- LBS, Usually
Cheers, will have a look at that.
RussellZero
Wannabe Stravati
- Location
- New Forest, Hampshire, UK
I'm not good at hills, but I have noticed how much difference loosing a few kgs makes. The other thing I'd suggest is measuring each run you do, use cyclemeter, strava or something similar, or just time your whole route, but for someone like me with a competitive nature it really spurs me on to compete against my previous best time.
philinmerthyr
Über Member
My rear cassette is a 12-30. On the steeper climbs I find my cadence dropping to below 60 even in the lowest gear. I'm considering changing the rear cassette.
Would I be better changing my rear cassette so I can increase my cadence? I've seen 11-25 cassettes, would this make much difference? Is there a better ratio available? I need to use it with 105 shifters and mech.
Are there any other options. I plan to lose weight and get fitter as well as that will help more.
Would I be better changing my rear cassette so I can increase my cadence? I've seen 11-25 cassettes, would this make much difference? Is there a better ratio available? I need to use it with 105 shifters and mech.
Are there any other options. I plan to lose weight and get fitter as well as that will help more.
The more teeth there are on the rear sprocket the easier the gear. Conversely the less teeth there are on the front the easier the gear. Dropping to a 25 would actually give you higher not lower gears assuming that you don't also change your cranks. The other thing to watch though is that as you increase teeth on the rear, so the chain size may have to increase otherwise you could end up with shifting issues. There are also compatability issues so you couldn't just throw on any high tooth rear cassette and expect everything to work.
Are you on a compact double 50/34 at the front Standard double something like 52/39 or a triple
I am not that Mechanically astute l but I am sure that if you can tell us what have up front and at the rear some others may be able to provide options/possibilities for combining MTB/touring cassettes with your current set up -
This may be better as a separate topic in the technical know how section of the forum
philinmerthyr
Über Member
Thanks. I've added a thread in the technical section.
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
You have twiddle gears already, spending money is not the best option, you need to push harder on the pedals!
