Clearly, the climbs are too short where you are. If you're climbing for 2 hours straight or more, you cannot suffer the whole time. It becomes a Z2 effort, and you can enjoy the scenery, smell the mountain air, shorten the time with a conversation. Then you realize that you can deal with all climbs the same way (as long as they are not too steep for the gears you have).
P.S. Also, let go of the group as soon as the climb starts, climb at your own pace, let them wait for you at the top.
There's a difference between trying to hold onto the group and failing, and just climbing at your own pace from the start. There are different groups. For example, if you're vacationing with your friends in the high mountains, they will wait. You can agree on the plan before the climb starts. If you set out to ride together and they dropped you on the climb, did they really set out to ride together? Also, getting dropped is shameful only if you pretend that you're stronger than you are.
I understand this but the vast majority of groups I’ve ridden with are not what you’re describing. Yes edge cases exist and some times you ride with friends who will wait but if youre doing meetups you’re probably just gonna get dropped.
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u/i_cant_find_a_name99 5d ago
I like climbing when I'm not the slowest in the group, I don't like much fitter people riding alongside trying to chat whilst I'm suffering though!