Originally Posted by
Duragrouch
Yeah, 20 gear inches might get you up that hill. On the other hand, there's nothing wrong with walking a bike up, particularly because it uses other muscles, just like cross-training. If you get a calf cramp, the best thing to do is get off and walk a while, it does more to stretch out your calves.
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I like that you said this because it was what i was thinking while my calves cramped up under my wobbly upper leg muscles when i got off to walk 😅😅😅 "just consider it portage" maybe ill start carrying the bike up the hill instead of pushing it until i can climb it.