Originally Posted by
WonderMonkey
I say go out on your own and do that same group ride route again. See how much you can improve each time and notice how much stronger it makes your rides after you recover.
Agreed.
I've been fitting in one "hill" ride each week, for a few weeks, instead of doing my normal 24 mile flat ride.
There's 2 big hills on it (well, big to me), which always forced me to gear down to 22/21. Yesterday for the first time I was able to tackle the first one on 22/19, and the second one on 22/17. I was very pleased with myself, and I think that after a few more weeks I may be able to tackle them using 32/21
