hmmm...I am not all that crazyt about descents, either. There was one big hill in New York, was about two miles long. It was somewhat curvy, and really steep at the bottom, with a stoplight at the bottom also. Going down that thing at 50 mph is really quite exhilarating, but when you come to within 50 feet of the stop and you look down and see 50 it's sorta scary, you say darn, and hope your tubes don't blow.