Originally Posted by
cyclinfool
. . Then came the big climb. I did not know how long, how steep or what.
So here is the question. How do you climbers approach a hill you have never climbed before?
. . . I went down in my little ring and spun for as long as I could to keep up and then started to fade. After that I made no attempt to stay with the group because I did not want to irratate my knee so I just drop down to the lowest gear and took my time - mind you I was huffing and puffing, but not grinding too hard.
That sounds exactly right to me.
Any climb under your own power and without major damage is a good one.
The only real problem with hills is the millions of otherwise happy cyclists trapped on the couch by fear of climbing.