Originally Posted by
knotty
My mental image was of 15-20 years ago when hills were fun
I'm 25, and I must have skipped that stage.

Hills were never fun.
I had a funny conversation with a couple of friends once. We were doing a ride, some hills were coming up, and they were all exciting about them, while I complained about how much I hate the bloody things. Then once we hit the hills I get way ahead of everybody and get to the top first. My friends (who haven't really ridden much with me before) were all surprised. "For someone who doesn't like hills, you sure fly up them!" And I said "Yeah... I hate them so much, I just want to get the bloody things over with fast!"
And it's true, too. Though I don't usually fly up hills anyway, cause it's too hard. I just wanted to show off.