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redpoint, it does not take energy to hold position on a hill :bonk: basic physics.
The problem with crawling up a hill slowly is only a matter of engine efficiency.
PaleMelanesian's method of trying to accelerate up a hill is what I try to do, although I don't start that slowly (when there's traffic around I try to reduce speed fluctuations), and I try to pick up less speed going up because my 5th gear is extremely short and prone to overspeeding and thus wasting fuel on aero drag. Above 60% load the efficiency gains from increasing load start to diminish, so I try to hold at ~60% load (I don't use a gauge anymore but my butt dyno is somewhat well calibrated at this point), which allows me to pick up speed just slightly up a lot of hills. My personal guideline is to not pick up speed too quickly because it bothers other drivers, and my load is adjusted for each hill.
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