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CommentAuthorspecialK
- CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
Please post any tips you have regarding getting better at climbing.
Last summer, I had a goal to ride to the top of Tabor without stopping. I run 69 and 73.5 inches, and the climb seems similar on both, in that I have to rest the same amount on either bike.
My initial approach was to "keep going even if you have to push", which lately I'm thinking, is great for cardio/aerobic, but isn't helping me learn to climb that hill (currently the lincoln/backside route). So I've changed it up lately. When I can't go anymore, I rest, usually for only a couple minutes, and continue riding up that damn hill with the crappy pavement. I believe this is making the difference. I should be there soon.
Still, other tips or advice about how to get better at climbing would be great. Likely, if I'm going to ride hills like that more frequently, I should use a gear like 65 or 63, and I intend to possibly build a "west hills" bike soon (maybe something I could take on lief too).
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CommentAuthorspecialK
- CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
Oh yeah, I did find some interesting stuff here --
http://www.cptips.com/climb.htm
And then there's a great quote about climbing from Eddy Merckx --
"Don't buy upgrades. Ride up grades."
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- CommentAuthorsecuritas
- CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
stay regular at it. kind of like when you're out of shape and you go for your first 1 mile run at a good pace, you feel like throwing up by the end of it. stay at it a couple times a week and it starts to get easier, then you get to a point where you can handle more. same idea.
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CommentAuthoralex
- CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
what worked for me.
1) get a cheap apartment in SW
2) commute to work and ride through the cemetery on the other side of the sellwood bridge every day.
It sucks at first but like anything else gets better with time.
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CommentAuthorweltall82
- CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
http://www.cptips.com/climb.htm
great article!
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CommentAuthorgrimm
- CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
That cemetery climb is great, my buddy just showed it to me last week.
That climbing article pretty much has every tid bit of information I have read or figured out.
Dont stand unless absolutely necessary (though stretching briefly by standing is okay). With a fixed gear you have to pace yourself but also keep your cadence up (which may mean dropping your gear ratio). -
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- CommentAuthorDavid Auker
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2008
The cemetery (River View, west of Sellwood Bridge) has lots of route options...most riders do the most direct "grunt" way, but if you explore, there is a lot of traversing ways that can make it more pleasant. Depends on climbing style, what kind of day you're having. I like little steep stuff with rest periods in between if I can.
Another option for climbing up to the HIllsdale area is Laview: go over to Taylors Ferry, start up, take a right on Laview, wind up to the Fulton Park area, stay straight after crossing freeway to get onto Barbur, take a left on Parkhill (careful, it's a trafficky left turn...you will be happiest if you are dressed brightly!)...Parkhill is a great little switchbacky climb that puts you at Himes Park/Terwilliger, where you can cross and get up to Hillsdale/Wilson High area. Got that? :-)
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CommentAuthorgrimm
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2008
We rode kind of straight up through some switch backs , then there was lots of options and we headed towards the mausoleum and then left and went to Lewis and Clark college for a min. The cemetery itself was pretty much a maze.
As for all the options you mentioned, im lost on that side of town. I know just enough to get myself lost then un-lost and make it home. But im trying to learn more.
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