Others have covered the gearing, patience, mental aspect, etc. My contribution is loading. While it's not possible to eliminate the affects of additional weight on a bike, it can be optimized by spreading it around & keeping it low. You need to experiment with whatever you carry on your own bike to work it out but some loadings work better than others. You don't want to be wrestling 40 lbs of gear on a 30 lb. bike at 4 MPH. Been there, done that.
Oh, and if you think of "attacking" the hill: the hill usually wins! Plus, it may have other friends for you to climb later. dougP On Sep 22, 8:36 pm, lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a hard time on hills with minimal commute loads. I probably have > only 4lbs on the rack. > > I was thinking "How do those touring riders manage?". > > I can't imagine pedalling with 40lbs. on the bike. > > How do you do it? You just have to take it slow and easy? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
