
Originally Posted by
tctrek
For me, anything over 16% grade, unless it is really, really short hill, is a nice little walk with my bike

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My favorite quote at last year's Hilly Hundred...as I passed an older woman on a cruiser, she said "there's no hill that can't be walked"


Originally Posted by
Jiffer
Dh just did a ride yesterday that mapmyride said would be 3,500 feet of climbing and his Garmin said it was over 6,000. Almost double.
My Garmin registers "elevation change" and "climbing"...I would expect one to be double the other with the same start/finish point. Is that the possible explanation? Did he use the smoothing software as he uploaded it?
Last edited by Mr. Bloom; 09-06-2009 at 02:02 PM.
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