Quote Originally Posted by Gambatte View Post
Cool. I didn't know this.
See if you can answer this, I always wonder....
Say two decent cyclist A and B are same height, weight, strength and endurance. What makes one a better climber than the other, and the other better on the flat...????????

Of the random strangers I meet on the road nobody beats me on a climb. Everybody beat me on the flat. Well, not true of course but I hope it still gives the idea...
I was mulling this over yesterday riding from school to the pub (40km loop) with a colleague and we both blasted up a small shallow climb. He was in the big ring, out of the saddle; I was in the small on the drops. We matched each other til halfway and he blew.
We generally match each other on the flat, running, climbing, mountaineering etc... and are similar weights. But I can destroy him on any climb. Is it mental or physical - do I have the ability to ‘hurt’ more?