Originally Posted by
bluefoxicy
Why does everybody say this? o.o it took me 3 days. I have the commute from Hell. I was not in good shape. The hills are now (a month and a half later) getting to be tolerable, but not really easy; I am still in bad shape.
They probably say it because it's true? That'd be my guess. Maybe they have worse hills than you. Maybe they were in way worse shape than you. Maybe both. There are people here who weighed > 300 pounds before starting to ride, and never got more exercise in the last 15 years than going to the fridge or walking to the car so they could drive to the mailbox. One man's "out of shape" might be another's "It took me 2 years of cycling to get this good."