Climbing Club Feb results and March goals

[Fredwina]

I came up with 23,000 feet for Feb. I think I had put myself down for 24,000(Missed a couple of days due to rain.)
March - i'm thinking 30,000 I'm going to do a 300K that has 8,000 feet of climbing and a 21% grade in both directions (according to "coach" Homey). I told him that I would doing some hiking that day. He also suggested doing plenty of climbing between now and the 24th, and with the early time change, I might be able to do a Glendora Mountain/ Glendora Ridge/ Baldy Village trip on Sunday afternoons(50 miles w/ 4,500 feet)

[mimitabby]

Fredwina, you are really something. I finally took a look at this thread when it occurred to me that you aren't talking about hiking up mountains, you are riding bikes.
Do you all have GPS's is that how you can tell how much you are climbing?

[Veronica]

I have a GPS and my heart rate monitor also calculates ascent.

V.

[kelownagirl]

I didn't set a goal but I thought I'd try to keep track of climbing to see how much I do. I do want to work on it this year. I have a 800' climb to get home after every ride so that's one way. In February, I only had 3 outdoor rides and two of them were mostly on the flats, only one was a little hilly.

So.... my total for the month was about 4000 feet. I don't have any way to calculate other than to use google earth or one of the online map things but I think it's reasonably accurate.

I so want a bike computer with that can measure climbing... How much are they? What's a good one?

[Trekhawk]

I didn't set a goal but I thought I'd try to keep track of climbing to see how much I do. I do want to work on it this year. I have a 800' climb to get home after every ride so that's one way. In February, I only had 3 outdoor rides and two of them were mostly on the flats, only one was a little hilly.

So.... my total for the month was about 4000 feet. I don't have any way to calculate other than to use google earth or one of the online map things but I think it's reasonably accurate.

I so want a bike computer with that can measure climbing... How much are they? What's a good one?

Check the link above (in my previous post). That is the one I have and I love it. Plenty of options out there though.

[Trekhawk]

Oh I forgot to add VDO have great customer service. At the end of a sixty mile ride (last year) I realized my computer was missing. Apparently the mount must have broken going over a bump or something somewhere along the way.

Well I was a really upset as this was a Xmas present from my husband. My husband rang the rep in the USA for VDO and he said no worries it must have been a faulty mount and sent me a brand new computer and mount . I didnt have to send the broken mount to them to prove what had happened. The new computer arrived a few days later - cant ask for better customer service than that. No problems with my new computer or mount - I am one happy VDO customer.

[GLC1968]

OK...update for me. I was able to get out at lunch today (my first outside ride of the month!) so put me down for 450ft in Feb.

I swear that March will be better!

Kelownagirl - I have a polar HRM that is also a cyclocomputer with altitude. I love it because when I'm done with my rides, I just download the info via the IR port into my computer and it tracks everything for me. So much fun! I believe that most altimeters for cycing use barometric pressure, so it can be off if the weather is variable over the length of the ride. I've also found that (at least around me) the online climbing numbers can be significantly higher than what my computer gives me. Nothing worse than completing what should be a 6000ft ride only to find my computer (and my hubands GPS) both give us only 3500ft!

[Trekhawk]

Fredwina, you are really something. I finally took a look at this thread when it occurred to me that you aren't talking about hiking up mountains, you are riding bikes.
Do you all have GPS's is that how you can tell how much you are climbing?

Wow Fredwina you are a mountain goat (I mean that in a nice way).

Mimi - no I just have a computer with an altimeter. See link below.

http://www.performancebike.com/shop/...estore_ID=1018

[Fredwina]

Fredwina, you are really something. I finally took a look at this thread when it occurred to me that you aren't talking about hiking up mountains, you are riding bikes.
Do you all have GPS's is that how you can tell how much you are climbing?

What you get for living in the Shadow of several 10,000+ peaks.
Move down here! you can gain 1,500 feet by going from the south end of town(Rancho Cucamonga,CA) to the north, about 7 miles. I have problems find a ride without elevation, unless I want to drive to the Beach! The club's long saturday ride is 30 miles with 2,100 feet of gain.
I'm slow, but I get there
some wikipedia entries on my 'hood:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_San_Antonio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucamonga_Peak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jacinto_Peak
and:
http://socalvelo.com/sub/onyx.htm
http://socalvelo.com/sub/mount_baldy_road.htm
http://socalvelo.com/sub/gmr.htm
http://socalvelo.com/sub/crystallake.html