Interesting perspective. For smaller hills where I can keep a high cadence and power through it - it works. For longer hills I just can't spin at 100+ for an hour, the moment you let off for just a second your cadence drops and if you are at the end of your gears your done.

I have been biking pretty much regularly since I was a 4 YO - but only seriously in the last 3 years. What I mean by seriously is in groups where I have actually been trying to keep up as opposed to just out for the ride - a relatively new type of riding for me. What I have found on hills is that if you loose your momentum it's grind time - which is just demoralizing. Last year by the time Aug came around I was in rare form, was doing hill repeats on an 8% 1000' hill at 9mph. I lost my conditioning over the winter and it's frustrating. But it's coming back.