Thanks everyone. Everyone here is so knowledgeable and I really appreciate it. It makes sense that it would have little blips and that's probably unavoidable, I just get frustrated with the Forerunner because the elevation figures are *so* inflated, even with the Motionbased 'correction'; It just seems like the elevation gain/loss 'feature' shouldn't be included if its so wildly inaccurate.

Sarah, your comment about the grade had me laughing because my sister & I were riding this weekend in a mountain canyon and when the pain got too bad we took our minds off of it by comparing Garmin grades (she has a 205). 35%. -2%. -15%. 29%. 2%. -5%. 135%. Funny, it felt like steady climbing to me.

SadieKate, I think that you are right about the elevation data itself being pretty accurate. I took my Forerunner to South America with me to mark points so that I could map them when I got home and found that the elevation was pretty close to what was marked.

I just ordered an Edge 305 and am so excited to be able to set real climbing goals this month. Now if only I can figure out what they should be...

Anne