Which is best?

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How do other people approach a choice like that?

For me, it's short & hard every time.

Er... unless there's a combination of 3 or more of these factors:

1. Cold
2. Wet
3. Windy (against me)
4. Knackered
5. Friday
6. Feeling unwell
7. Excessively hot
8. The view is nicer the long way round

Probably a few more I haven't thought of.

Mark

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The choice next time I go that way is now a hard half mile on the granny (not you, you silly old
bat) or 1.5 miles grinding away in the middle gears. I haven't decided which is best, though I
think it's the short hard climb. How do other people approach a choice like that?

The short, steep route every time.

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Yesterday I rode one of my regular routes, and very nice it was. After a bit over 30 miles,
there's a steep hill. Yesterday, however, I turned off on one of those lovely 'Unsuitable for
heavy goods vehicles' roads and avoided the steepie -- but had to make the same height acquisition
over a distance about three times as long. The choice next time I go that way is now a hard half
mile on the granny (not you, you silly old bat) or 1.5 miles grinding away in the middle gears. I
haven't decided which is best, though I think it's the short hard climb. How do other people
approach a choice like that?

I get magnetically drawn to the short hard climb for reasons I can't fathom.

Tony

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I get magnetically drawn to the short hard climb for reasons I can't

fathom.

A big magnet? Do you ride a steel framed bike?

cheers, clive

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I get magnetically drawn to the short hard climb for reasons I can't

fathom.

A big magnet? Do you ride a steel framed bike?

cheers, clive

Never mind the magnet pulling you along - out for a spin on the local bit of the National Cycle
Network and was overtaken by a bloke on an ancient Raleigh being pulled along at speed by a very
large dog on a long lead ! (should have been a husky I suppose, but probably wasn't)

RG

RG said:

Never mind the magnet pulling you along - out for a spin on the local bit of the National Cycle
Network and was overtaken by a bloke on an ancient Raleigh being pulled along at speed by a very
large dog on a long lead ! (should have been a husky I suppose, but probably wasn't)

Works fine until the dog goes one side of a lampost and you go the other

Tony

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I get magnetically drawn to the short hard climb for reasons I can't fathom.

It's called mental derangement. Hills are meant to be cycled down, not up 🙂

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Which is *better*?

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and hooray for hill climbing
:-)

ian

Mark said:

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How do other people approach a choice like that?

For me, it's short & hard every time.

Er... unless there's a combination of 3 or more of these factors:

1. Cold
2. Wet
3. Windy (against me)
4. Knackered
5. Friday
6. Feeling unwell
7. Excessively hot
8. The view is nicer the long way round

Probably a few more I haven't thought of.

9. The short hill is so steep that your cadence to too low, or your speed is so slow keeping
straight is a problem.

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