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GYXU > Cycling > Re: Thursday evening's ride 26 April 2005 05:00:32
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Re: Thursday evening's ride

Tom Keats 26 April 2005 05:00:32
 In article <426930da$0$79459$1­4726298@news.sunsite­.dk>,
"Claire Petersky" <cpetersky@mousepot­ato.com> writes:
After our successful Daffodil Classic ride last weekend [2] I felt like we> should no longer be afraid of the killer hill. So, for the first time, we> gave it a go last night. The first bit we did straight up, and then I pulled> us into a side street to catch our breath. Then we had a second go at the> next bit, but we completely pooped out, so we dismounted, and walked the> bike while catching our breath. Then we pulled up into someone's driveway,> and got back on, and made it the rest of the way. Wow!

Good going! Not only for riding the stretches you and Rose felt
like riding, but also for not riding the stretch you and Rose
didn't feel like riding.

I know pushing my heavily-laden one-seater uphill can be a task;
sometimes it seems harder than just riding it up, and there's a
powerful urge to get in front and /pull/ the darn thing up.
Makes me feel like I'm coaxing a stubborn ol' pack mule along.
[cue: Song of the Volga Boatmen]
I can only imagine what it's like, pushing a tandem uphill,
although I guess there are two people to do the pushing.

Funny, isn't it, how killer hills become so much less imposing,
once vanquished? Even if only partly vanquished (for the
time being.) I think a lot of it has to do with becoming familiar
with the hill -- e.g: from a distance it might look horribly steep
but once you're on it, it flattens out somewhat. And the false
flats that were once heartbreaking because they looked like the
crest but aren't, become tactical opportunities to remuster one's
resources. I furthermore think an 8% unfamiliar hill can be more
challenging than a 10% familiar one.

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But it was a great ride home. It makes me> look forward to next Thursday night.

Gonna tackle the Killer Hill again?

BTW, I really enjoyed reading (and vicariously experiencing)
your Daffodil Classic ride report in r.b.r.


cheers,
Tom

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