Being from Florida, I'm not much of a hill climber but vacationing here in Illinois and talking to some of the local cyclist, I have discovered that the hills up here fall into four categories; small to moderate, moderate to medium, medium to steep and Holy S**t. I have come upon more of the later then the others on some of my rides up here. I really admire you guys that climb these hills all the time.
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