Well I'm already one of the top 20 mountainbikers in the world. And most average MTB-ers make good climbers on the road.
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/features/2004/awards04/?id=mtb_male
1 Julien Absalon 170 25.3 2 Geoff Kabush 59 8.8 3 Roel Paulissen 29 4.3 4 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski 28 4.2 5 Thomas Frischknecht 26 3.9 5 Bart Brentjens 26 3.9 7 Liam Killeen 23 3.4 7 Christoph Sauser 23 3.4 9 Ryder Hesjedal 21 3.1 10 Todd Wells 20 3.0 11 Sid Taberlay 16 2.4 11 Filip Meirhaeghe 16 2.4 13 Adam Craig 11 1.6 14 Jose Antonio Hermida 10 1.5 15 Tinker Juarez 9 1.3 16 Steve Peat 8 1.2 16 Ruben Lampe 8 1.2 18 Ryan Trebon 7 1.0 18 Roland Green 7 1.0 20 Kashi Leuchs 6 0.9 20 Jeremiah Bishop 6 0.9
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/features/2005/awards05/?id=mtb_male
1 Geoff Kabush 896 14.3 2 Julian Absalon 651 10.4 3 Ned Overend 636 10.1 4 Thomas Frischknecht 621 9.9 5 Adam Craig 454 7.2 6 Bart Brentjens 422 6.7 7 Christoph Sauser 373 5.9 8 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski 348 5.5 9 Brian Lopes 270 4.3 10 Steve Peat 216 3.4 11 Cedric Gracia 212 3.4 12 Chris Eatough 211 3.4 13 Jose Antonio Hermida 145 2.3 14 Greg Minnaar 133 2.1 15 Samuel Hill 104 1.7 16 Jared Graves 103 1.6 17 Fredrik Kessiakoff 99 1.6 18 Fabien Barel 93 1.5 19 Ruben Lampe 65 1.0 20 Gee Atherton 61 1.0 21 Nathan Rankin 59 0.9 22 Marc Beaumont 58 0.9 23 Karim Amour 29 0.5 24 Mickael Deldycke 26 0.4
So I guess I'm pretty awesome as climber
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/features/2004/awards04/?id=mtb_male
1 Julien Absalon 170 25.3 2 Geoff Kabush 59 8.8 3 Roel Paulissen 29 4.3 4 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski 28 4.2 5 Thomas Frischknecht 26 3.9 5 Bart Brentjens 26 3.9 7 Liam Killeen 23 3.4 7 Christoph Sauser 23 3.4 9 Ryder Hesjedal 21 3.1 10 Todd Wells 20 3.0 11 Sid Taberlay 16 2.4 11 Filip Meirhaeghe 16 2.4 13 Adam Craig 11 1.6 14 Jose Antonio Hermida 10 1.5 15 Tinker Juarez 9 1.3 16 Steve Peat 8 1.2 16 Ruben Lampe 8 1.2 18 Ryan Trebon 7 1.0 18 Roland Green 7 1.0 20 Kashi Leuchs 6 0.9 20 Jeremiah Bishop 6 0.9
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/features/2005/awards05/?id=mtb_male
1 Geoff Kabush 896 14.3 2 Julian Absalon 651 10.4 3 Ned Overend 636 10.1 4 Thomas Frischknecht 621 9.9 5 Adam Craig 454 7.2 6 Bart Brentjens 422 6.7 7 Christoph Sauser 373 5.9 8 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski 348 5.5 9 Brian Lopes 270 4.3 10 Steve Peat 216 3.4 11 Cedric Gracia 212 3.4 12 Chris Eatough 211 3.4 13 Jose Antonio Hermida 145 2.3 14 Greg Minnaar 133 2.1 15 Samuel Hill 104 1.7 16 Jared Graves 103 1.6 17 Fredrik Kessiakoff 99 1.6 18 Fabien Barel 93 1.5 19 Ruben Lampe 65 1.0 20 Gee Atherton 61 1.0 21 Nathan Rankin 59 0.9 22 Marc Beaumont 58 0.9 23 Karim Amour 29 0.5 24 Mickael Deldycke 26 0.4
So I guess I'm pretty awesome as climber