Originally Posted by mcjimbosandwich

i personally don't understand the fascination with the 2lb/inch rule. A lot of good classics specialists are around 2.3lb/inch. Not all of us are meant to be climbing stratospheric mountains, nor are there a lot of courses featuring those type of mountains in the first place.

personally, i have no illusion that i'll be dancing on my pedals on a way up a 8% grade any time soon.