Check out this Men's Journal article featuring Matt Dixon coaching the author on his 6 week challenge to improve his hill biking. It the article the author speaks to an epiphany he had as he arrived 75 miles into Levi Leipheimer's GranFondo century ride, the Pacific Coast Highway behind me and most of a 1,100-foot hill looming above me. Thousands of riders had left him in the dust during the day, but the last climb was the worst. As he struggled to push his pedals, dozens of jerseys spun past him uphill. The truth hit: I've been riding hard for 10 years, and I still suck at hills.