Originally Posted by
Hermes
Yesterday, I climbed a short 900 foot length (not vertical) 8% grade climb. Normally, I sit and spin up this but I decided to stand.
Hermes, today's 3 lap race had a similar climb. On the first lap I kept it in the big ring and went OTS about 1/3 way up when the momentum dwindled. It caught a bunch of guys in little ring who had to really crank up the cadence to keep up. On laps 2 and 3 I rode the entire hill OTS and attacked at the top once back on the saddle. The hill never gassed me and on the 2nd lap a teammate caught up after the climb and asked "WTF?".