View Poll Results: PITA hills: What is your strategy?
Attack
26
41.94%
Pace
15
24.19%
Mash
12
19.35%
Walk
3
4.84%
Avoid
6
9.68%
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PITA hills.
03-02-10, 10:56 AM
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PITA hills.
What is your strategy - Attack, pace, mash, walk, avoid?
I'm sure most of us have at least one or two that make running one ratio a bit interesting.
I'm sure most of us have at least one or two that make running one ratio a bit interesting.
03-02-10, 11:05 AM
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don't be such a *****. i take on the steepest hills ATX has to offer. Going down them w/o brakes is another story, though haha
03-02-10, 11:14 AM
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I avoid going down big ass hills to avoid using my brake too much. In SLC it's pretty easy to use roundabout ways to make descents/accents less dreadful, so my main strategy is avoid. If I have to go up a big hill then I mash
03-02-10, 11:24 AM
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There are a couple streets out here that are just too much for me, even at 38x17. Actually, there is one that I have only been able to conquer on a 1:1 baby gear on a geared road bike with mtb triple crank.
I hate having to avoid, but taking a stepped approach, or going the long way around is often easier, even with gears.
https://www.amitycreek.com/photograph...e_W_Duluth.jpg
I hate having to avoid, but taking a stepped approach, or going the long way around is often easier, even with gears.
https://www.amitycreek.com/photograph...e_W_Duluth.jpg
03-02-10, 11:31 AM
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I live at the top of a very steep hill. I don't gear my FG just so I can ride up that one hill. I walk that hill, unless I'm on one of my geared bikes.
03-02-10, 02:40 PM
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I use to mash here in Seattle, but lately I've been trying to pace, climbing without leaving the saddle. some hills it's just not possible, but I've been getting some pretty good results.
03-02-10, 02:47 PM
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Mash, bro! There's only one "uphill section," thanks to the Florida DOT engineers, but I stand up and mash it on my way home everyday.
03-02-10, 03:06 PM
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03-02-10, 06:47 PM
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I got one hill that I have to hit every time I leave my house. I usually tell myself that I'm going to pace myself up it, but most of the time once I get there I just go all bezerker and start to attack it. Occasionally I will finish it strong (it's a little over a mile long) but generally I end up mashing up the last 3/4s of it. Some days I just feel superhuman, others I wonder why I feel so weak. There doesn't seem to be anything in between.
03-02-10, 07:26 PM
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For me, attacking is only good for short steep hills - can be very satisfying but most of the time I am out on longer rides and I usually climb those with the mindset that theres still a long ways to go so I work on conserving energy
03-02-10, 07:37 PM
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Those are called sprinter's hills, and they cannot take more than a minute to complete or I just blow up completely. Anything longer requires keeping my heartrate below 85% of my maximum. Actually, I use hill interval repeats as part of my training. Of course, there's no way I'd make it up the OP's hill in my FG gearing.
03-03-10, 01:43 PM
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Dismount and run up cyclocross style.
03-03-10, 05:50 PM
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There are a few 30% hills out here, this makes me curious if anyone has done it fixed gear
03-03-10, 06:22 PM
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Depends on the hill. If it's short, I attack. If it's average, I mash. If it's longer, I pace.
Running ~80GI, there are some hills where an attack is the only option.
Luckily, I live in a town flat enough that I rarely have to deal with major hills.
Running ~80GI, there are some hills where an attack is the only option.
Luckily, I live in a town flat enough that I rarely have to deal with major hills.
03-04-10, 01:27 AM
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Major Taylor would mash up crazy hills to train on track gearings.