How can you get better at climbing? In this video, Hank shares some valuable tips and advice to help improve your climbing skills and overall fitness. Instead of dreading it when you see the road start curving up, with these skills, you’ll enjoy the challenge! ⛰
0:00 – Intro
1:13 – Pacing
2:30 – Body position
4:09 – Gears
5:23 – Longer climbs
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23 Comments
Climbing, do you love it or hate it? 🚵
"start off nice & easy" meanwhile brain: GET OUT THE SADDLE GOGOGOGOGOGO
Riding fast on flats is all about how much power (Watts) you can push. Riding fast uphill is all about how much Watts per kilogram (body+bike+equipment) you can push. So, get rid of that ballast (for most recreational bikes = body fat) you're dragging uphill!
Those met helmets look horrible go back to giro
Fantastic video, and informative, as always
A novice video with what looks like a 11-25 cassette on the bike!! Really most newbs will need an 11-30 or much bigger. Without the right cassette, all of the tips are null and void.
The beauty of climbing is the decent….speed❤
I have problems when I know a climb is coming up. If i don't know the route profile i get on alot better. Also, i feel that I could climb better on my 10 ton tourer with triple chain rings than my carbon trek with compack chainset and 11/34 cassette UK resident, so no long climbs.
The critical thing not covered in this video is how to get started again if you stop on a steep climb. I've resorted to restarting downhill and then struggling to make a U-turn without crashing.
I really struggled up hard side of Tourmalet using my new 34/29 gear. I was passed by a younger man using even lower gearing though.
I remember when training for GF Stelvio Santini, I was training on harder gears on climbs…my legs start hurting when I remember. 😆
Have Non electric or computer
Loved uphills so much…long flat roads are so boring.
"Hot sweaty mess on the side of the road" is how i climb hills.
These are dancing lessons, not bicycle riding lessons! 😮😮😮
any decent pace uphill w/ any wind you should NOT stand up as it will slow you down
Watching this made my legs feel tired 😂
Great video. Thank you.
I‘m in the lowest gear and struggle😂
How? Get better gears and forget standard road bike gears and follow bikes specialized for this MTB. I wasn’t really super fit but never had problems climbing with my MTB. We are talking of climbing right not speed? Hehehe.
You are no kidding!
You are not kidding!
You need to try to stay in the aerobic zone, you should be able to talk comfortably. If you push hard you will enter the anaerobic zone which has limited energy. You will be anaerobic when your legs and lungs burn.