Originally Posted by
JanMM
failed to climb Mt. Tabor hill
The first time I rode the Hilly I was both underconditioned and under geared. When I started up Mt Tabor I had, by far, the worst leg cramp experience of my life. Both legs simply locked up and wouldn't bend in either direction. Naturally I fell over. A fellow stopped, got off of his bike in the middle of the hill and walked me around for a couple of minutes. When it looked like I would be able to walk up the hill he got back on his bike, clipped in (this was prior to clipless pedals) and resumed pedaling straight up the 20% hill.