Originally Posted by
chichi
We are not any good at it but we do enjoy climbing, particularly the part when we get to the top.
+1
The first couple of times that we rode a local route with some hills we had to use the smallest of three rings up front and the biggest of eight sprockets in back. (In other words, the lowest gear on our bike.) On our most recent ride on the same route, we didn't use the small ring up front at all. We were able to climb using the middle ring. We were quite proud of ourselves, especially when we passed most of the solo riders!