Hills

beckenham
beckenham Posts: 242
edited October 2007 in The bottom bracket
Why is it that when we first started cycling we avoided hills like the plague but give it a few months and we actively seek them out?

Are all cyclists masochists :? :wink:
Beer, the reason my ambitions have not become my achievements

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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    beckenham wrote:
    Are all cyclists masochists :? :wink:
    Yes.....................apart from the ones that are sadists*

    * - these are easy to spot - they're all the buggers in front of you during a race trying to give you a hard time :wink:
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  • Richie1964
    Richie1964 Posts: 2,601
    I lived and cycled in the Chilterns. I can honestly say I enjoyed slogging up the hills more than bombing down them. Anyone can go down a hill.........
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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Love the hills - so much better when you are fit as you can enjoy the pain, rather than thinking "I should be going up quicker" :shock:
  • beckenham
    beckenham Posts: 242
    fossyant wrote:
    when you are fit as you can enjoy the pain" :shock:

    I played 5 aside tonight and as we normally have 3 subs I thought I'd have a game of squash first, then no subs turned up :x Being 43 years of age this was not good news. I'm "enjoying" the pain at the moment and expect worse to gome in the morning :cry:
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  • ash68
    ash68 Posts: 320
    flat rides are boreing,Need a few hilly bits to open your lungs,test your legs and then enjoy the views.
  • MadammeMarie
    MadammeMarie Posts: 621
    beckenham wrote:
    Why is it that when we first started cycling we avoided hills like the plague but give it a few months and we actively seek them out?

    Are all cyclists masochists :? :wink:

    LOL!! No, we are not masochists!! It just that we get the sense of achievement when we get to the top. I'm a Londoner, too, and there are no hills in my commute to work. My first hill "ooop north", I thought I was going to die!! Now, the last bike ride I did up there, I seeked them out!!!

    No problem going up hill, but I'm scared sh**less going downhill. :(
  • PaulJHart
    PaulJHart Posts: 33
    I love hills though i dont love the pain - I love to hate the pain
  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    "Ooop North" there's no choice; round our way if you want a ride out you have to deal with hills! Usually just at the point when you'd love a bit of flat... Still, you can't beat the feeling of looking at a 'new' hill and thinking "Right, I'm having you"...
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    I used to hate a certain hill on my way home now I enjoy powering up it

    all the hills inclines I now encounter regularly I tend to try and hammer up them
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