I think you may have missed what I was getting at here. I don't need stronger legs... as an experiment I took my mountain bike (a heavy full suspension deal) out around town last night and didn't take it out of my flat cruising gear (gets me up to about 20mph at 80ish RPM, don't know what gear raito that would be but I'm sure someone could figure it out if they really want (using 26" wheels whith knoblies on).

Anyways, the point is I made it up every hill the area, the thing that I'll miss though is that going down the hills I wouldn't be able to go as fast.

Also I really don't see what this more control thing is about... learn to use your brakes properly =P.