Understated Club ride descriptions

[Catrin]

Steep isn't something you can really quantify. It's different for everyone because we're all at different riding abilities. Today I did a 22 mile ride with 3300 feet of climbing. We had ten miles of climbing spread out in three separate climbs with the longest being about six miles. For someone else that could be freakishly steep. The only "steep" part was a little .7 mile jaunt through a neighborhood, with lots of little hills, some with grades of nearly 20%. Because they were so short, I didn't think of them as steep.

Veronica

This sounds like the Alps to me... or my sister's neighborhood in East Tennessee. I guess the point is that "steep" is going to change depending on a person's abilities AND the terrain they are accustomed to.

Thankfully I love challenges, so that helps me to hang in on those hills that I am slowly going up...while everyone passes me on them

Back to my original post on this thread, I know the ride leader who posted that description of the ride, and he has ridden all over the country. So, for him, they probably ARE ripples, bumps, and the very occasional hill...

[indysteel]

What ride is that description for, Catrin? I couldn't find it on CIBA's ride calendar.

[Catrin]

What ride is that description for, Catrin? I couldn't find it on CIBA's ride calendar.

It is part of the description for the "Labor Day Weekend Triple Grand Touring Rides" that come out of Corydon on September 4-6th. It sounds like a lot of fun, if I had my hill-climbing legs and the money for a hotel room for a few nights I would be tempted

However, I don't, and I am moving in October so have to save the money...

[indysteel]

Ah, now I see it. I must have buzzed past that ride. That sounds like Warren's sense of humor.