Originally Posted by
Biker395
The technique is to choose a gear that allows you to use the bike as a stair-stepper, simply transferring weight from one pedal to another. And your cadence will be much slower. If you push down on the pedal to a significant amount, you're doing it wrong.
Yep. There is really no cadence, it is just like walking up stairs. The key is finding the correct gear. It has to be high enough so that you don't peddle.
The good news is there is sort-of a rest since you are just using your body weight to push down. Bad news is that you are going so slow that you get passed by an old guy with a walker who yells, "In your face."
John