Climbing practice tonight - twice up McBeth at about 80-85% effort. The first time up I rode too big a gear at the bottom and was tired at the end, finishing in 17:09. Next time up I worked smaller gears and felt a lot better despite a slightly slower time - 18:20. I'll be interested to see how the new 26 in the back affects my time, I've never been very good at high cadence riding - i'm more like Jan than Lance. Still, can't argue with results and maybe this new gear will leat me climb l'alp du Huez in 21 mintues.... HA