Originally Posted by
dsprehe89
I know this sounds pathetic, but do any of you ever just walk you SS/FG up hills instead of just forcing through?
I just last week started commuting to school (16 miles one way) and there are 2 hills that are probably close to 25-40% grade slopes (one is much steeper but shorter) and one is about 150ft long and the other is closer to 400ft long. My SS is a 53:18 gearing and I can only seem to make it about half way up both of these hills.
Have any of you ever ran into a situation like this? Is it even doable with my gearing?
Also, I weigh 240lb. I'm loosing weight now that I am riding, but I know this also makes it harder for me.
In all seriousness, where is your heart rate when you're riding? (gneerally speaking, not when you're bashing up a steep hill) For me, if my gearing is too high my heart rate doesn't go up very high (I'm in good shape) so I've changed my gearing all the way down to 44x18 but I still cruise at 18mph and recently topped out at 26mph.
If you want to lose pounds, focus on where your heart rate is.