Spining, Spining, Spining - Page 9

01-15-2005, 08:09 AM

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:12:38 GMT, Mike Latondresse
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>"Roger Zoul" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in
>news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]:
>
>> You need to pull against the handlebars as you climb hills. Upper
>> body.
>
>Gee I don't pull on the bars climbing hills. I sit and put my hands
>near the stem and try and relax my upper body/arms as much as I can.

Thanks for the tip - I've been doing this in the flats, trying to be light
on the bike, and light on the handlebars, especially - more aerodynamic.
Thought I'd try it on the hills and had a really great ride just now,
hitting one of the steeper, longer hills I hadn't tried before in my
neighborhood - went up it like a rocket, too. Cool! This is how I remember
when riding as a kid in college. Thx for reminding me. ;-)

jj

01-15-2005, 08:09 AM

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:12:38 GMT, Mike Latondresse
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>"Roger Zoul" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in
>news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]:
>
>> You need to pull against the handlebars as you climb hills. Upper
>> body.
>
>Gee I don't pull on the bars climbing hills. I sit and put my hands
>near the stem and try and relax my upper body/arms as much as I can.

Thanks for the tip - I've been doing this in the flats, trying to be light
on the bike, and light on the handlebars, especially - more aerodynamic.
Thought I'd try it on the hills and had a really great ride just now,
hitting one of the steeper, longer hills I hadn't tried before in my
neighborhood - went up it like a rocket, too. Cool! This is how I remember
when riding as a kid in college. Thx for reminding me. ;-)

jj

01-16-2005, 03:18 AM

Mike Latondresse wrote:
|| "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in
|| news:34o7m4F4e5oaoU1@individual.net:
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||| Mike Latondresse wrote:
||||| "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in
||||| news:34nbbpF4ani51U1@individual.net:
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|||||| You need to pull against the handlebars as you climb hills.
|||||| Upper body.
|||||
||||| Gee I don't pull on the bars climbing hills. I sit and put my
||||| hands near the stem and try and relax my upper body/arms as much
||||| as I can.
|||
||| Do it agressively on a short hill

Or, acelerate away from a
||| chasing bow-wow.
|||
||| I do what you do on a long extended (for me) climb.
|||
|| These are the kind of hills I mean
|| [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Yes....I'd be going it exactly as you describe....and I'd still probably die

01-16-2005, 03:18 AM

Mike Latondresse wrote:
|| "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in
|| news:34o7m4F4e5oaoU1@individual.net:
||
||| Mike Latondresse wrote:
||||| "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in
||||| news:34nbbpF4ani51U1@individual.net:
|||||
|||||| You need to pull against the handlebars as you climb hills.
|||||| Upper body.
|||||
||||| Gee I don't pull on the bars climbing hills. I sit and put my
||||| hands near the stem and try and relax my upper body/arms as much
||||| as I can.
|||
||| Do it agressively on a short hill

Or, acelerate away from a
||| chasing bow-wow.
|||
||| I do what you do on a long extended (for me) climb.
|||
|| These are the kind of hills I mean
|| [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Yes....I'd be going it exactly as you describe....and I'd still probably die

01-16-2005, 03:18 AM

Mike Latondresse wrote:
|| "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in
|| news:34o7m4F4e5oaoU1@individual.net:
||
||| Mike Latondresse wrote:
||||| "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in
||||| news:34nbbpF4ani51U1@individual.net:
|||||
|||||| You need to pull against the handlebars as you climb hills.
|||||| Upper body.
|||||
||||| Gee I don't pull on the bars climbing hills. I sit and put my
||||| hands near the stem and try and relax my upper body/arms as much
||||| as I can.
|||
||| Do it agressively on a short hill

Or, acelerate away from a
||| chasing bow-wow.
|||
||| I do what you do on a long extended (for me) climb.
|||
|| These are the kind of hills I mean
|| [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Yes....I'd be going it exactly as you describe....and I'd still probably die