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@stompy
Okay,
I've just visited a pal up in Blackheath - an excuse to try my new brakes and some of these fine hill climbing techniques.
B*gg*r me if I didn't make it to the top!!
Pushed right back in my saddle when going up seated; and when I started really slowing down, climbed up, shoulders back hips forward and I kept going. A couple of times I thought I'd get off and walk, but then stood up and cranked to get my speed up and sat down again.
Not the most elegant of climbs, and I was panting like a locomotive at the top but I f*ck*ng made it!
I am so stoked about tomorrow; bring it on!
My new brakes worked like a charm going downhill as well - None of the squidginess I was getting with the Tiagra calipers. I was ready to bail if I felt the cable slipping; but it was fine.
Hurrah!