Originally Posted by
jsutkeepspining
here's my advice. work on long intervals with low cadences. just sit in your 53/11 for 20 minutes working at threshold, rinse repeat (you want to do 2-3 of these). Also work on just riding as much as you can to try and lose a bit of weight. Other than that there's not much more you can do.
Another + for that. I gear for ~70 cadence when doing that, rather than recommending a gear, and don't go to threshold, rather hang back maybe 10 beats below LT. I find that one can overtrain very easily doing these, so be careful. For LT workouts, I use normal 90+ cadence, targeting the aerobic system rather than the legs. I also do one-legged pedaling intervals of 2 minutes, but only on the rollers or trainer, which I think helps with long climbs. On the flat outdoors is too easy, they doesn't do anything.