How much easier is it to Climb hills with Road bike than MTB?

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    itaa

    I have an MTB which I bought about 9 or 10 years ago (was worth about £160 when  new- so it’s pretty crap compared to what the rest of you got)
    Its 14.5kg ”light”, I have recently upgraded tyres to low rolling resistance schwalbe hurricanes and it made a really good difference as to how fast I can get it to roll+ I managed to shed 550grams just from upgrading the tyres 😀

    I still like the bike very much ,it’s the perfect fit for me and all that,or I just haven’t tried anything else in my life so I don’t know what a better bike feels  😆  But when there are some incline, I just feel dead after a 1-2 minutes climbing one and have to do it standing up,sitting=no chance even on the lowest gear. + I sweat like crazy from climbing.

    Now I’m just wondering if it’s my shit form/experience/stamina ( I’m 1.86m/ 77kg and fairly active so I can’t really complain about anything)
    Or it’s just easier to do it with a better bike?
    Or it’s the exactly same heavy work whatever bike you have?

    Those who have tried/have more than 1 type of bike what’s the actual difference between each of these types of bikes when it comes to climbing up an incline?

    -Crap cheapo 15kg mtb like mine
    -Expensive 10kg Mtb
    -Decent sub £1k 10kg Road/CX bike with good gears?

    How would you describe the difference in feel/hard work between those 3 types of bikes?

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    peted76

    The difference in how it

    The difference in how it feels to ride a mtb with big knobbly tyres up a steep hill and a road bike is ‘muchly’.

    However it’s quite possible that that’s mainly because you’re in a ‘different position’ on each.. wide arms upright position on a mtb, narrower arms lower position on a road bike. 

     

    Either way, at the top you’ll still be chewing your handlebars either way, becuase.. well this fella summed it up.. “It never gets easier, you just get faster” – Greg LeMond.

     

    Borrow a bike offa someone and have a go, or nip to a shop for a test ride to find out for yourself.

     

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