Originally Posted by shardy53

Thanks for the advice. I just noticed the other thread about hills so this one is a bit redundant I suppose. Somehow I remember zooming up hills when I was a kid with my old 1962 Rollfast single speed bike. Now I have this twenty pound bike with all these gears and I think that I am going to burst by the time I get to the top of a hill sometimes. It just goes to show you that you can't buy your way into good fittness.

Steve