Originally Posted by somnambulant
What did you do to train for the mountains? Not exactly much climbing around here.
What sort of gearing did you use?
I rode up Yonge street by St. Claire!
No, you're right, I couldn't really train much. If I were to do it again (and I think I'm going to go to France to do some of the Tour climbs) I'll do more riding up the Hamilton 'mountain'.
Because I only have one leg, I needed the easiest gearing possible for the mountains. So I had a triple in the front (I'm not sure the teeth) and a 25 in teh back. I was often in that gearing going up the mountain.
It's weird because the mountains were the hardest part of the trip for me (the rest was a mental struggle, mountains were both mental and physical) but it was the best part because I did them. There's a sense of accomplishment riding up a mountain that you don't get riding in Sask.