Cycling: My Love/Hate Relationship with Hills

Lets face it, every time you ride a bike, it’s just a matter of time before you run into a hill. How long it takes, is likely dependent on where you live. I happen to live in Pennsylvania and it’s a pretty hilly state in most places. It gets a little flatter in the south east, but almost all of Pennsylvania is covered with mountains, rolling hills, ridges, and plateaus, with rivers, canyons, and valleys in between.

I live in the mountains (Appalachian), but it doesn’t always look that way. I live on what is considered a plateau on top of a mountain…