ChrisLunn3070
Reged: 29/09/2008
Posts: 3
Loc: Breighton, East Riding of York...
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I've moved to somewhere flat, how can I train for hills? 
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cml
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bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 3653
Loc: Sticks ,Scotlandshire
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Where is this cycling Nirvana!!! Try a high gear on a turbo trainer put a block under the front wheel and work hard in and out the saddle in intervals...nothing will replace the real thing though!!
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I now accept PAYPAL!!!!
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tvrbird
Reged: 21/06/2008
Posts: 1135
Loc: slumped over the keyboard
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Get an MTB, find a multi-storey carpark and ride up and down the stairs. Just a suggestion.
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What doesn't kill us makes us stronger - Friedrich Nietzsche (German Hill Climb Champion and sub-19 man)
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Dr_Spoke
Reged: 29/09/2008
Posts: 22
Loc: Road to Nowhere
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Get some mdf. Cover your stairs at home. Ride up and down. Take long recoveries. Use biggest gear possible. Another suggestion
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When in doubt...Sit on
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bigoldsideofham
Reged: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2286
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find a wet muddy field and ride your road bike back and forth accross it on 18mm tyres!
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Sly
Reged: 07/02/2008
Posts: 732
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Bad luck on this turn of events. Not the fens is it?
Wind resistance is supposed to be reasonable practice, though nothing beats the real thing.
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cheninblancrcruise63
Reged: 27/03/2007
Posts: 956
Loc: Consett
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Quote:
Where is this cycling Nirvana!!!
Nowhere near here, =that's for sure!
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ChrisLunn3070
Reged: 29/09/2008
Posts: 3
Loc: Breighton, East Riding of York...
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This is the East riding of Yorkshire. I was sick and tired of the hills where we used to live and was looking forward to the flatlands but now I find that whenever I do do a ride in a hilly(er) area my legs have lost their hill-climbing prowess. I'll have to stick a bike carrier on the car and drive to the nearest hills to do a ride whenever i can.
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cml
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ChrisLunn3070
Reged: 29/09/2008
Posts: 3
Loc: Breighton, East Riding of York...
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Lots of wet, muddy fields here; wouldn't fat tyres offer more resistance or am i supposed to sink into the mud thus making it harder to pedal?
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cml
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bigoldsideofham
Reged: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2286
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sink sink sink sink!! See how easy it is to peddle when your crank arms ground out!
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tvrbird
Reged: 21/06/2008
Posts: 1135
Loc: slumped over the keyboard
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At least you won't fall over sideways.
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What doesn't kill us makes us stronger - Friedrich Nietzsche (German Hill Climb Champion and sub-19 man)
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gorgeousgaz
Reged: 19/01/2008
Posts: 50
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chris, i live in the east riding of yorkshire, home of the yorkshire wolds! While the hills may not be huge, they are there, plenty of them and there are loads of quiet roads among them! my advise is head to pocklington and keep going north!
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I'm not sure you're aware, but that bike isn't going to ride itself up that hill!
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