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Old 08-19-14 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by outashape
I have been up the "Wall" on either DALMAC or Shoreline West. The funny thing is that after walking up it one year, I drove to E. Jordan and practiced riding up the "Wall". Then, on the the bike tour, I still could not get up that hill. There are so many hills in the days before that particular hill, that my leggs are like spagetti. I've cycled in Colorado and California, but the Michigan hills are just short enough that you hammer to the top and toast your leggs each day instead of pacing yourself up a long mountain.
Some routes around here will throw nasty little hills at you in a relentless fashion.
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