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Questions referring to the art and practice of riding up inclines.

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What cadence saves power when climbing?

Fast cadence climbing is a technique that has to be trained. If you do all your riding at a slow cadence, you will not have efficient muscle coordination for climbing at a fast cadence. … Strangely, enough lower cadence climbing may actually be more efficient in terms of oxygen consumption (i.e., cardio-respiratory system work; see Determinants of “optimal” cadence during cycling). …
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Fastest way to get faster up hill

This gets us to hill climbing. The conditions experienced by your skeletal muscle when climbing is very different from riding on the flat. … Conversely, when climbing you have less kinetic energy. If you stop pedalling you will slow down much quicker. …
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Climbing or aero bike for a light rider?

They compared a "climbing" to an "aero" bike over a time trial with a mix of climbing and flats. They found an edge to the aero bike by about ~1.5%. … This could go either way in terms of aero vs climbing bike. …
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