Quote Originally Posted by Jiten View Post
Another inspiring climb! I looked at the Garmin Connect data (that's pretty cool, BTW, and I should try to make my old Garmin work with that service) and noticed that the temps were in the 90's. That and the facts that you were cycling in thin air from 4600 feet to 6600 feet, using a folder, and not using the lowest gear make your effort even more impressive. Thumbs up!

BTW, what did the guy in the car say? Was he being supportive or heckling?
Thank you. Actually, Garmin's temperature readings are wildly inaccurate. The temperatures were probably in the 70's to 80 at the most. My Ice House Road climb temp readings showed temps in the 100s when they were actually in the 80s.

If you are talking about the car on the side of the road starting at 2:07, that was an older couple who were outside of the car walking around. I heard the man say something like "are you out of breath already?" That's when I replied that I only had 7 speeds on the bike. He told me not to overdo it and that it was a beautiful day for a ride. Very friendly.

I have a feeling he heard me breathing hard even before I toned it down when I saw the couple. When I recorded the cyclists on the hill climb TT, some of them could be heard from 200 feet away. When there was no traffic on that mountain it was very quiet, so you could hear everything.

There were no hecklers. Lots of friendly descending cyclists and one friendly climbing one. I even heard one descending cyclist say "Good job". You can see all the cyclists I encountered in the video. I included every cyclist I saw.