I did that once riding 48x15 and also could almost not go up the hills. I swear, I didn't stop, people were walking up faster I think.
There was one escpecially brutal hill adjacent to the West Side Highway, up to like 181st street I think.
I also ended up riding on the the West Side Highway as I exited the road from the Cloisters because I didn't know it led to the highway. I was headed to Dyckman street anyway (my friend has an Aikido studio uptown:
Aikido Up Here
There's also a decent bike shop up on Dyckman street, near this pretty good coffee shop where we can have lunch. If we go.
How about we plan on meeting tomorrow around 10:00AM?
Is it fixies only tomorrow?
Originally Posted by Msngr
that's a really good idea about the hills there. when i lived in jersey, i'd ride home over the GWB every day and take those hills riding 48-14. i could barely get up some of them.
however, i think, and this is just my opinion, that riding all the way up the west side path, esp above 125, is beautiful. let's talk.