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Originally Posted by john rogers
You can simulate a hill in an area where there are none by wearing a loose fitting windbreaker (wind resistance) INTO a stout headwind and standing up in high gears to get nearly the same terrible feeling (zen?????).
A good pro shop can and should get your bike adjusted correctly and hopefully you did not buy it by straddling the top tube??!! Another item that can help are longer crank arms to help get longer levers and they can be swapped for regular ones any time.
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YOu must be from the 70shttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/ultimate/icons/icon12.gif. I read a book (may be the only book in the us on bike racing) back in the mid 80s on how to be a better climber. They suggested using a 52x13 or 14 and ride off the saddle into the head wind for 10-15 minutes in areas without hills like the mid west. Of course I didn't do that (at age 15, you kidding me) because we had lots of hills. May be that why I suck (Plenty of wheels too). Ron Skarin told me the same thing one day out on our club ride. He was on the 76 Olympic team.