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Originally Posted by Indianahersh
g. and quickly learned that no matter how many miles you put on the flats, they do nothing to prepare you for the hills. I want to be able to ride in hills around Colorado unfortunatally all my weekday rides originate from my house so I don't have any big hills to regularly ride on to prepare.

Here's my question: obviously the only way to get good at riding hills it to actually ride them.

Thanks for your help

Incorrect on both counts. It's how you ride those flat miles that matters. Raising your FTP by doing longer intervals on the flats will make a big difference in your climbing.

And having just finished the US Pro Challenge Course, coming from Fl, I don't want to hear a guy living othe front range complaining about not being able to train to climb.
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