The Wrong Side of my Car

The blog that wants to go obsolete

Are hills more difficult than flat terrain for cyclists?

Every couple of months I come across some article or video saying that ‘no, hills aren’t harder than the flat’.

Said no cyclist ever.

Let’s imagine some guy called Daniel *1, Danny for friends. He is riding his bicycle to his local café, 3 km up the road. He can go two ways. One way is a bit shorter but it goes over a hill with a big 5% climb. Can you guess which way he is going to go?

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