Originally Posted by bampilot06

fun question of the day. Meant to ask this earlier. When climbing a hill, does one pick the gear they wish to tackle the said hill before starting so they don’t change gears while climbing, or use the gears that you have as needed? Today I shifted up, was doing 24 mph when starting the hill with a cadence of 115 half way through the hill speed dropped to 19 mph, cadence hit 89 so I down shifted but it was under load which doesn’t feel healthy for my bike.... as I am typing this I feel that I am over thinking this.