Originally Posted by Baville

Hi y'all! My first post on Bike Forums.

I was wondering what your thoughts are on the technique I'm using whenever I'm riding uphill (not too steep). The bike I'm using is a mountain bike, and yes, I ride it on asphalt roads.

The technique is to maintain the bike in a horizontal position as much as possible by going side-to-side uphill. This means that you only stay more vertical whenever you want to switch to the other side of the slope. Maybe the attached drawing explains it better...