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Intuitively (and I'm more than willing to concede I'm wrong here) I don't think you accelerate more going uphill, as acceleration is defined as the rate of change in velocity.
I don't think I'm speeding up and slowing down with each pedal stroke when climbing.
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Well on a hard Climb I lose speed every deadspot of my pedal stroke, and gain it again as I go through the Power spot. The steeper the hill, the faster I will lose speed, and thus the more accelerating I will need to do.
I'm kinda interested if the pros are so much smoother in there pedalling to drastically reduce this effect.
...But I dont think anyone else is. Maybe we should drop it ;)
Smallfurry
No it doesnt
Obviously gravity doesnt give a shit where the weight is. Thats not my argument. My argument is that the Wheel weight has more effect when accelerating (which that article agrees With), and that as you lose momentum faster up hill. You effectivly need to accelerate more going uphill (which that article doesnt mention. But try rolling a ball uphill. I'm not lying here).