Timeline for How to climb a hill as a beginner
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| Jul 22, 2015 at 6:39 | comment | added | Gordon Copestake | Thanks for your help guys. Lowest gear and dont stop it is! | |
| Jul 22, 2015 at 3:16 | comment | added | dlu | Totally agree with you on this. When I upshift it is only a gear or two, it is still "easy." I think your point is very well made about stressing knees, it has to be within the range of what your knees can handle. The point I wanted to make was that part of climbing is in your mind – for me a climb in too low a gear is demoralizing because it takes "too long" and I get bored. It was a revelation for me that I could go a bit faster and actually find the climb easier. So I wanted to point out that a climb that seems too hard might actually get easier with a bit more effort. | |
| Jul 22, 2015 at 2:15 | comment | added | joseph_morris | I do not doubt your experience, but mine is that I've injured my knee riding in too high of a gear, when training back up from a period of inactivity. Since OP is "a complete beginner" and has a few extra pounds, lower gears probably best here. | |
| Jul 21, 2015 at 22:15 | comment | added | dlu | For whatever it might be worth… I'm one of the upshift suggesters, the trade off for me is that sometimes I find it easier, psychologically for sure and maybe even physically, be in a slightly higher gear when I'm climbing. | |
| Jul 21, 2015 at 18:53 | history | answered | joseph_morris | CC BY-SA 3.0 |