Originally Posted by
chephy
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!"
Marco Pantani once had a comment along the lines of "I climb fast to make my suffering end sooner".