Originally Posted by
finch204
Is it really that awkward climbing hills on a hybrid bike? I mean a hybrid bike with flat bars and bar ends seem like an easier way to climb. The wider bars open up your chest area more so you can breathe better and the bar ends allow you to pull up on the bar as you pedal. The main benefit road bikes have for climbing is that they are generally a lot lighter than a hybrid bike.
I would agree. If climbing hills with flat bars while out of the saddle were such a hardship, the mtb genre would have gone to drop bars, or something else too.
I'm not too likely to get stand while climbing hills on any of my bikes, the gearing on them has been more than sufficient to spin my way up with reasonable cadence whether road or hybrid.