how much do you weigh?

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Originally Posted by bluegoose

Maybe this should go elsewhere, but I heard something awhile back about some guys from Nova Scotia who wanted to ride Mont Ventoux while in France for the tour last year. They have no mountains in Nova Scotia, but lots of wind, so they planned their rides around doing 1-2 hours directly into a headwind to simulate the resistance needed to climb a mountain.

They had absolutely no problem making up Ventoux with this program. So its possible to become a good climber without any mountains, if you believe what these guys say.

They asked Andy Hampsten one time how he got to be such a great climber having grown up in North Dakota and he said him and his brother just rode into the wind all the time. Of course it didn't hurt that he weighed about 140 lbs.