Originally Posted by
Looigi
By "tackle more hill" you mean steeper? My steepness limitation on an mtb is keeping the front wheel on the ground and being able to go fast enough to not fall over. Is that what stops you on your mtb and are you saying the new bike is better at this?
Not necessarily steeper, (the road bike will not take some of the hills I dared on the mountain bike, such as a short, 45-degree incline in the grass), but on pavement, hills which would force me to walk when tired on the mountain bike, I can continue to struggle up on the road bike. I seem to be able to maintain a higher cadence, and thus a higher speed, in spite of the gearing disadvantage on the road bike.