yeah the whole hill thing worried me when I convereted my old ten speed. now whenever I see a hill I just hit the drops and accelerate as much as I can so I hit it at max speed then push through and once I start slowing down I'll stand and push some more and if the hill is steep enough I guess you have to start zig zaggin or walk the rest. I live in LA though, where the hills are all short and sweet cuz once you make it up theres a nice down hill to bomb

this is all with a 46:17 gear ratio. if thats high or low idk. someone tell me haha. no sarcasm