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Old 11-27-2012, 12:29 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes View Post
But climbing the whole hill at 25 MPH would be even better, right? I usually try to lose speed up hills, not accelerate. With no instrumentation, I'm just guessing. I've been thinking about this post every time I climb a hill.
Problem with that is it's not really efficient use of the engine to go 25mph. If you're already pulse and gliding, using the hill as the pulse is better, since you're going to have speed fluctuation anyways.
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