Originally Posted by back2fixie
put your ass back in the saddle for power and sit for as long as you can. when you stand, work the bike hard, and try not to lose momentum...as i slow i guess i focus on the backside of the pedal stroke, pulling myself up the hill, anybody else think like that?
Totally!
The thing about hill climbing fixed is that you must be committed. If you're going to do it, DO IT! A sprint is about the best way up a hill that I've found. My apartment sits at the top of a hill and I usually find myself banging up that mother at like 25 mph because otherwise I might not make it at all, certainly not in any kind of reasonable amount of time. I usually find that I make it to the top of most hills faster than the shifters and less bruised and battered. I get compliments on it actually, but only because they don't know the real secret of climbing. And when I get tired or when I'm really hammering, work on pulling as much as pushing.