Originally Posted by
bgav
As I said, in my experience. For me, I climb better when I'm not focusing on the grade %. Might be related to the fact that I stopped focusing on it as my fitness improved. For unfamiliar climbs, then yes it could be useful as a pacing or motivational aid, but I find the elevation profile on a .gpx/.tcx course more useful. YMMV.
Right. I didn't say you were wrong. I said I completely disagree, I do it differently. OP is looking for ideas as to how to approach something. Now he has two different ones and the rationale behind them, and he can see which works for him.