Originally Posted by
alan s
Gears negate the effect of hills, but you sure do go a lot slower the steeper the hill, given the same wattage output. You only get tired if you actually increase your effort or run out of low gears (thereby forcing you to increase your effort).
Problem with me is that I end up increasing my effort because in my mind I'm trying to maintain some sort of average speed, or if I'm commuting I would want to get there within a certain amount of time. Or maybe I just want to get over the hill and to the downhill side sooner. So I end up pedaling harder on the uphills to try to maintain some kind of respectable speed (to me, at least 10 mph) or time, and end up getting tired quicker I think.