Like many elements of cycling, climbing is at once so simple and so complex.

How can you improve your climbing - especially if you live in a flat area? How should you pace climbs of different lengths? When should you stand, and when should you sit? What is the ideal cadence, and the ideal position on the bike? How should you use your core and arms? For equipment, where is the ideal balance between aerodynamics and light weight? For group tactics, where is the balance of the benefit of the draft behind a stronger rider and the danger of blowing up by going too hard? And, of course, how should one best improve that all-important watts per kilo equation?

So many questions. Luckily for you listeners, we have an expert here in Coach Jake Rytlewski to guide you through this maze.

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