Originally Posted by
FractalSquirrel
Should I try to avoid walking the bike at all costs? When I have been defeated, my heart rate was off the charts, my sides cramped, and I was very dizzy.
This says it all. The primary reason I wear a heart rate monitor is because it tells me when I'm working harder than I should. All your symptoms were telling you to ease off. If walking is what's needed, do it. There's no shame in walking your bike up a hill, think of all the couch potatoes who are doing nothing at all.
