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Bradders87Bradders87 Posts: 93
edited May 2011 in The bottom bracket
Long, drawn out climbs with short, sharp & steep descents...or the reverse...

What do you prefer?

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  • briantrumpetbriantrumpet Posts: 13,278
    Bradders87 wrote:
    Long, drawn out climbs with short, sharp & steep descents...or the reverse...

    What do you prefer?
    Definitely sharp hills up, followed by long steady descents that make you feel like Superman ... until you hit the level and the headwind.
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  • DavidiusDavidius Posts: 13
    Short sharp steep hills, with long descents. Oddly enough I don't like steep downhills.
  • bobtbuilderbobtbuilder Posts: 1,537
    Davidius wrote:
    Short sharp steep hills, with long descents. Oddly enough I don't like steep downhills.

    +1 for this.
  • Cleat EastwoodCleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    deffo long drawn out climbs. i love being able to zone out and just focus on keeping moving.
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  • Bradders87Bradders87 Posts: 93
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    deffo long drawn out climbs. i love being able to zone out and just focus on keeping moving.

    I like that angle :). The reason I ask is I'm off down to Bristol on friday - and with a profile like this

    http://ridewithgps.com/routes/301426

    I'll be spending most of my time on a (very) shallow uphill for the sake of a few sharp-ish runs down.
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