Back in the saddle

toscana
toscana Posts: 3
edited March 2010 in Commuting chat
Just completed my first bike commute today after fetting a bike through the R2W scheme - first proper cycle in about 20 years :shock:
It's only about 5 miles each way, but i guess you have to start somewhere.
Just one question - do hills ever get easier? I thought I was going to explode going up Crystal Palace Hill.

Made it though :D

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  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    Yes hills get easier, although you'll go up them faster so possibly feel just as tired when you get to the top.

    Crystal Palace hill is quite a tough one to have on your commute though.
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    edited March 2010
    Well done mate.
    It never gets easier, you just go faster - Greg LeMond
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Chapeau, I'm told hills get easier. They get harder first though...
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Hills are a method of getting the impurities out of your body, and bringing fitness. Learn to love them, not loath them. They hurt, oh they hurt, but are soooo good for you.

    I may well do the Tak Me Doon Road on Sunday, but going up! :shock:
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