Originally Posted by Richard Cranium

You don't have any bicycling problem. You're problem is your attitude.

You expect instant results from your newly rediscovered interest bicycling. If there were anything worth suggesting, it would be as simple as saying SLOW DOWN. Realize, you have no right to expect to "go up hills" while you are a fat person. So start measuring your work outs, along with food intake, and realize that "time on the bike", not hill-climbing is the key to weight loss.

The right track, is seeing the long-term "big-picture", with regard to exercise programs. Bull-farting about hill-climbing is not your answer.