Hill starts

It's hard to mount uphill, no doubt. One thing to remember is that your
pedals really should be level relative to the center of the earth, not
level to the ground. So your front pedal should be down further than
it looks like it should be.

Taking a running leap at it can be helpful; it's hard to get enough
forward momentum with a standard mount, so if you jump on with both
feet it can be better.

Or, just walk up to the next flat spot, that's what most people do.

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a trick you can have with normal bikes which can apply here, if the
patch is wide enough, you can mount sideways on the hill and ride a
little and then turn into the hill, which will give you momentum.

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tholub said:

... so if you jump on with both feet it can be better....

I think I'll give that a try next time, I have just started to jump
mount, could be interesting.

tholub said:

...just walk up to the next flat spot, that's what most people do....

I did a bit of that too but some trails have long hills and I don't
want to look lke I can't ride the damn thing while I'm pushing it.

My other thought was to take a stick or child with me to lean on while
I get up.

Andy

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I find mounting sideways then turning up the hill works best for me on a
really steep hill. On a slightly less steep hill I'm getting better at
doing a normal static mount up hill - just put virtually no pressure on
the back pedal while mounting.
If you can hop, a popular technique is to mount facing up the hill, the
hop a few times before riding off, rather than having to ride straight
from the mount.

Rob

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rob.northcott said:

If you can hop, a popular technique is to mount facing up the hill, the
hop a few times before riding off, rather than having to ride straight
from the mount.

Yeah, I sometimes do this. Mount to hop, then ride up. Mounting to
hopping is a useful habit to get into for any situation where you're
likely to fluff the mount, you can often recover a failed mount by
hopping to straighten yourself up.

The other thing I do is a rollback mount, but get my feet on as early
as possible, so as to have a decent amount of time to slow the wheel
down. I think I often rollback to hopping and then start off too.

Joe

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The best way is to do a static mount. Start out with the saddle under
you and your weak foot on the weak pedal in the back, a little below
horizontal. Jump off your other foot, making sure to not put any weight
on the weak crank, and land your weight on the strong pedal and the
saddle.

This gives you good power to start out with on a hill. You can mount
this way directly into standing with all of your weight on the front
pedal and pulling up on the seat. Then just crank, one revolution at a
time until you get some speed.

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tholub said:

Taking a running leap at it can be helpful; it's hard to get enough
forward momentum with a standard mount, so if you jump on with both
feet it can be better.

This is my preferred technique: start by working on the jump mount,
then progress to the walking jump mount (remember to jump just before
your cranks are horizontal). When you're nearing 100% success with
that skill, start working on the jogging jump mount. It gets really
fun when you start the full-speed-running jump mount... it's like
getting a turbo boost!

There aren't many hills you can't conquer with the jogging / running
mount.

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i always found that its easier to mount perpendicular to the slope then
turn if its not to steep

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