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...
So far I've only tried it when I've been forced to - meaning the path is a switchback - and it usually ends with me walking my bike up because the turns are too sharp for me to handle. Example - this is complete btw, the pic was from construction couple of years ago - the killer for me is the handrails that were installed along the switchback, making sharp turns even more difficult:
