Climbing

[Kano]

Oh wow, isn't that the truth! Invisible hills are the WORST! Like you say, you don't really see that you're climbing, speed just creeps down, no matter what you do it seems, and you can't figure out why...


At least on the real hills, you KNOW why it's hard going!

Karen in Boise

[Thorn]

I think that's one of the reasons I love the Garmin.....now when I'm on one of those false flats, the speed is dropping and it feels like my tires have turned to glue, I can look down at the Garmin and see that I have a 2-3% grade. Yeah, not much, but it makes you feel a little better knowing you aren't travelling on a flat....

[7rider]

I think that's one of the reasons I love the Garmin.....now when I'm on one of those false flats, the speed is dropping and it feels like my tires have turned to glue, I can look down at the Garmin and see that I have a 2-3% grade. Yeah, not much, but it makes you feel a little better knowing you aren't travelling on a flat....

Ho, boy. I've done that. Riding along...say to my DH riding in front of me..."Hey hun? Can you check my back tire? I think I have a flat!"

I have a Gamin Edge 305 that will give me the % rise of a hill. I got rid of the display that gave it to me real-time, so I only see it when I download the ride at the end of the day.

One stretch of my commute to work is a long (3 miles or so) gentle downhill - no more than 2%. It's fun in the morning, just zip along. But in the afternoon, after a stressful day in the office - UGH! - that road can be a real grind.

[pooks]

We have some invisible hills around here, but the ones I'm thinking of aren't invisible at all. They're visible enough that the foundations of the houses are obviously built up on one side to keep it level, and the rooftops are nowhere near even. I'm thinking that maybe the info on routeslip isn't reliable, or I used the csgnetwork incorrectly.

OTOH, we definitely have some of those "invisible" hills, too. The nice thing is that one of the main ones is on the way to the cafe where we often eat breakfast, which means coming home from eating, it's downhill. (wink)