And it goes both ways, as I've discovered. All the road biking I did this summer made me a strong climber on the mountain bike. Did you feel that on this ride? (But I still don't have technical skills to speak of. I always seem to crash going downhill when it gets the least bit technical...like today)
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08-28-2006, 10:39 AM #1
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08-28-2006, 11:00 AM #2
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Oh yeah! A year ago I never would have even attempted this ride. Now it's a goal to make it all the way up this sucker. It is a fire road, but it's very loose, rocky and steep where we stopped. I walked up beyond where we ended to see how much further the loose stuff went for... it's going to be tough.
But goals are supposed to be tough.
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08-28-2006, 02:02 PM #3
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What's your formula for calculating percentages?
Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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08-28-2006, 02:33 PM #4
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500 feet elevation gained divided by 1/2 mile (2640 feet) in the bump. Sorry - should be 19%. The first time I did it as 600 feet gained.
Anyway - it's freakin' steep.
With some sections well over 20% according to my inclinometer.
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08-28-2006, 03:03 PM #5
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Ah, OK. I eyeballed it as a 0.65 miles with 500 ft. Comes out to 14.6%. I thought, "Well, maybe the teacher knows better.
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Ride laps around Briones. That would give you lots of great steep interval training and sustained riding.Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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08-28-2006, 03:08 PM #6
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This is only 15 minutes away.
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08-29-2006, 07:27 AM #7
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My most challenging climbs are 350 ft in 1/2 mile so I cannot imagine actually being able to ride that. It would be a walker. I have short little burst areas that are real steep, but not for such a prolonged distance. Yesterday I unweighted my front end to get over a rock and ended up on my feet behind my bike. Interesting feeling...
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