Originally Posted by
ElJamoquio
Your legs will burn. That is a given.
Try to keep your cadence up, though, and you will improve more and cause less damage, both short and long term, to your legs.
Your cadence should be ~80 RPM and up for everything but the steepest climbs, IMNSHO.
I think that cadence rule only applies while sitting... when standing you can use a much lower cadence without damaging your knees, because you aren't applying power with your knee fully bent.
When sitting, keep the cadence above 80. If you can't keep the cadence above 80... then stand, possibly sprinting until you can sit back down with a cadence above 80.
This is my take on things. I'm curious to hear other opinions.