Uphill or downhill?

sogood

You have to go up in order to come down. Did Newton tell us that?

So might as well as to stay on the flat and blast away.

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reub2000

I love riding in the middle of the night. No one on the trail except some strange people and dedicated cyclists. I can get up to a fast speed, and not worry about having to slow down for pedestrians at the beach.

Cycler6n

uphill, its more of a challange

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baj32161

At 6'1" and 207lbs I am certainly no mountain goat and prefer the downhills.

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ghostpedal

On a fixed gear, it's all great. Uphill is low RPM strength, and downhill is insane high cadence. It makes for workout variety without any planning.

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airosen

I like both, but I think I enjoy riding over hills more than I do through valleys since when you're on a hill, the downhill is like your reward for all the effort, but in a valley, you do the fun fast downhill part, then you look up and you're like damn...

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PartisanRanger

Depends on how I'm feeling, but when I'm strong, I love going uphill. I'm a big guy but I can just outpower most of my riding companions on hills and that's a good feeling. Going 40mph downhill of course is it's own kind of fun.

jcthomasjr

I like both. Not a great climber but never have climbed off I live in Maryland and there are hills and some decent climbs in the western part of the state. I have been to Boulder, CO, to cycle 3 times and have logged some serious mileage uphill every time I have been. Hit 50 mph on my newer bike the last time I was out there. My old Specialized started to feel unstable when it approached 45 mph. I once rented a mtn bike and did some ride with a local in Boulder up some road called 4 or 6 Mile Canyon (something like that) and coming downhill we were flying but the bike I had rented had no computer on it. It was white knuckles all the way down. The dude I rode with was named Andy (if you are reading this) and this was back in '99.

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tt1106

I'm a huge guy, so I love to go downhill, though I frequently go out of my way to climb few more hills. Climbing get's you the lungs.