Originally Posted by
jdgesus
on SS, you gotta get keep the cadence up as HW said... lots of ppl think im just trying race them up the hill, but i have to keep those RPMs up or i'll be doomed to crawl up the hill.
This suits me as well. When riding my SS I will try to add speed before I hit the rise just to have some momentum, then drop into my normal flat cadence. I carry that cadence as long as I can and standing helps. I find that the hills are much easier to handle, that way.
My normal commuter has a 2 speed hub. My experience with it is that for shorter hills, it seems much easier to use high gear in SS manner. for the longer hills, I generally will shift early and just spin up. With a 2 speed hub, there is a big step between low and high, and the overall range is a compromise anyway, i.e. high is too low, and low is too high).
-G