Pedicab Man

Riding from The Market up State Street in Charleston I can feel a nose bleed coming on from the elevation gain--at the State Street Pass the elevation is 12 feet above sea level. I'm not sure why, but somehow riding this router every day on the bike taxi doesn't seem to be getting me in shape for the mountains I'll be riding out west this summer? Maybe I should be riding over the Cooper River Bridge? Problems is every time I look at the thing I want to take a nap.