Whats your elevation?

[Trekhawk]

I went for a drive down into the valley today and I passed lots of elevation signs and it got me to wondering what sort of riding elevation range do we have at TE.

So the question is what elevation do you live at or do the majority of your rides at?

For the girls who are at high elevations when you ride at a lower elevation do you feel you have more puff?

Lets see who is at the top of the world. :D

[SadieKate]

Ooh-ooh, I'll start. I live 52 ft above sea level. On evening rides from our house, I can get to (huff-puff) 72 ft!!! Those freeway overpasses can be brutal. :rolleyes:

[Veronica]

I'm a flatlander, but most of my rides have a lot of climb in them - even my wimpy little 4.1 mile round trip commute has 300 feet of elevation gain. I'd been thinking it was 100, but Thom just ran it through our topo software. Now I have to change my bike journal entries.

V.

[Irulan]

my house is at 2500, most of my local rides are in that range, most of my "mountain" mtb rides are around 6000-7000'.

[runnergirl]

I don't even bother with altitude, the highest point here is MAYBE 150 feet above sea level. The steepest hill is maybe 50 feet gain, so after 10 repeats I've matched what a lot of you do by riding down the street! :rolleyes:

[Trekhawk]

I'm a flatlander.

Veronica - LOL not sure what that makes me maybe a middlelander. I live at 2500 feet not sure about elevation gain in my rides, I sometimes ride up to the next town which is at 3000 but I have no idea with hill ups and downs how you work this stuff out.

Do you have a bike computer with elevation gain on it?
If so do they work well?

[bouncybouncy]

I have got you all beat!!! the highest (natural) point around here is 17 feet above sea level :eek: :eek: :eek:

I did mention "natural"...the only hill training in this neck of the woods is a freeway overpass or a man-made hill or logover :D we do have an old dump they have been off-gassing for years so it is now safe to jog, walk, or ride up & down, up & down, up & down, up & down, up & down, up & down, to get a work out like the hill training team here :p

***not that i am up for riding around an old dump...i am just gonna move to the mountains (it's prettier!)

[JanT]

My house is at about 1240 feet above sea level. My favorite mountain bike ride starts at 1800 ft. and climbs to 2700+ ft, with an awesome twisty-turny mogul type downhill rollercoaster ride that can't be beat. My current favorite road ride starts at 2300 and climbs to 3100, with a wheeeee downhill most of the way back. Can you tell I like to work hard and then reward myself? Those are the best kind of rides!

[Veronica]

Do you have a bike computer with elevation gain on it?
If so do they work well?

I have a Polar 710. It's fairly accurate.

V.

[Pax]

I'm at 735 feet, if you don't count highway overpasses I think elevation during a ride tops out at around 736. ;)

[SimpleCycle]

We're at around 2400 ft, and my road rides generally are in the 2400-5000 ft range. You can only go up from my house, except for the few "river valleys" around here, which are maybe 100 feet lower at the most.

The only occasion I've had to ride at "sea level" was in Seattle, and the hills were kicking my butt so badly that I didn't notice if I felt any better because of the altitude.

[Adventure Girl]

The city I live in is 53 feet above sea level. I am 4' 11-7/8", so does that mean that MY elevation is 57 feet, 11-7/8"?? :D

[Pedal Wench]

Atlanta is right around 1,000 feet above sea level. The terrain here, and my usual rides, can vary widely, from pancake-flat to gentle rollers to really tough climbs. I'll let you know tomorrow night if I've survived the toughest one :o

[Grog]

I live in Vancouver Point Grey, at about 77 (252 feet) meters above sea level. That's pretty much the highest point in my immediate neighborhood, and I try to go down to the beach on every ride, so that gives me at least 77 meters of climbing (and as much downhilling!!) on every ride. Usually, I try to repeat at least a few times, on different streets.

There is one ride that I haven't done yet but that I might do today, depending on how my club feels, that takes you up to 150 meters (492 feet). And down, and up. Many times.

I hope I will soon get to include bigger climbs in my rides too, but maybe not very often, as I also should be working sometimes :)

[snowtulip]

Wow, I'm feeling like an altitude junkie compared to all those close to sea altitudes. I live at about 5800, most of my mtb. riding ranges from 7500-9000 ft. When I was on the colorado trail this summer it was hard to breath at the 12000-13000 ft. rides.

[Pedal Wench]

Now you know how tough it was for the Atlantans to head out to Colorado this summer! I think the highest I was on my bike was over Fremont Pass, at 11,318 ft (but who's counting!)




Wow, I'm feeling like an altitude junkie compared to all those close to sea altitudes. I live at about 5800, most of my mtb. riding ranges from 7500-9000 ft. When I was on the colorado trail this summer it was hard to breath at the 12000-13000 ft. rides.

[MomOnBike]

I just looked it up. We're at an altitude of 1200 feet, more or less.

Before we moved here, we were at an altitude of 8000 ft. I didn't ride much then, though.

[eofelis]

I live at about 4700ft. If I go ride the Colorado National Monument loop, I go up to 6640ft (just checked the map). If I ride the Grand Mesa, I go up to 10,800ft.

[divscotty]

I've lived at 300 some feet for over 15 years and recently moved to 5300 feet and it causes lots of gasping.

Divscotty

[crazycanuck]

YOu ladies have me beat...we're at sea level...and there are no mtns to be seen here Perth or Western Australia..we have some hills..but nothing exciting..

...I'd have to go to Victoria or NSW for Mountains and hills...



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[DirtDiva]

I have no idea, but given that I live within a few minutes walk of the Thames, it would have to be in the bugger-all, tending-toward-sea-level range. There are a few inclines in London, but most of them are of the sort you only notice when you are on a bike.

[Trekhawk]

I have no idea, but given that I live within a few minutes walk of the Thames, it would have to be in the bugger-all, tending-toward-sea-level range. There are a few inclines in London, but most of them are of the sort you only notice when you are on a bike.

hey tlkiwi - thanks for the laugh - bugger is not something you hear around these here parts. Makes me a little homesick. :)

[singletrackmind]

About 500', with lots of short (nothing over a mile or two and most are only a half mile) sharp up and downs. Painful up, FUN down!

[DeniseGoldberg]

Pretty much sea level here - although there are hills and some elevation gain available if I drive to my ride.

[nuthatch]

Chicago is at 580 ft. but this weekend I visited my sister in Boulder and we went mountain biking (my first time! :eek: ) up at Silverthorne, which I think is about 9000. I felt great on the ride (working the heart harder, of course) but way bad after I was done. Some altitude weirdness - but not the usual kind you hear about with headaches and nausea, just a strange anxious feeling! You mountain dwellers could come down here and kick our butts at any time with all that extra hemoglobin in your blood.

[tatormc]

According to the maps on the internet Mustang, OK is at 1312 feet. Most of my rides stay close to this. I'm going to get a computer that tells altitude, gradiant, etc cause I'm curious how my area compares to others. It's not mountainous but there are big hills.

[carback]

I live at 660 metres (2100 feet?) above sea level. Everything seems to be uphill from here. Mountain biking up to 7000 feet.

Can I include the 64 stairs UP from my driveway to my front door in my elevation calculation? (yes, I carry my bikes up and down those stairs)

[Surlygirl]

I'm at 516 ft above sea level. I can find pretty much everything in this state, the flat of the Cape to the mountains in the west and I'm in the middle with lots of hills.

[Nanci]

85 feet above sea level here in Alachua, FL! Not much for hills, either. Fine with me!

Nanci

[RoadRaven]

I live 600 feet above sea level, work is about almost at sea level... in order to do any rides of any distance from my house we have ride down to the first interesction in our road to take us anywhere (down lower or back up hills again) and that intersection is about 50kms above sea level...

So always some reasonable climbing there and back on any ride we go on...