I used to live in the Adirondacks where every ride was a hilly ride... so it became necessary to distinguish. You could carefully avoid the mountain climbs, but if you decided to tackle them, that's a hilly ride!
Now that I'm in the gently rolling hills of Missouri, I'd consider any hilly ride any ~20 mile ride that's got at least five >10% hills that are at least 100 yards long.
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View Poll Results: What's a hilly ride?
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If I cross the causeway twice, I can climb 100 feet on any ride!
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50 feet per mile of vertical climbing
3 7.89% -
75 feet per mile of vertical climbing
9 23.68% -
100 feet per mile of vertical climbing
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I fart in the general direction of any gear shorter than a 42x18!
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Any ride with more than three climbs over 15% grade is hilly, regardless of total
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05-20-2009, 07:39 AM #2
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