I find it very helpful to preview the ride using ridewithgps, if I the route is available beforehand. Seeing the elevation profile in advance gives me a much better sense of what to expect.
Two of the clubs that post a ride schedule use rating systems: flat, minor hills, moderate hills, steep hills, long climbs or very steep for one, and FF-Fairly Flat, LH=Little Hills, MH=Medium Hills, BH=Big Hills for the other.
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08-16-2010, 08:46 PM #1
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08-17-2010, 02:57 AM #2
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The biggest club around here uses Terrain Degree of Difficulty (TDD). But it's one of those things that they've been using forever, and if anyone else uses it - or if they say how it's calculated - I haven't been able to find it.
I should just ask.
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