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Old 09-27-11, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 1855Cru
I agree a hilly ride to me may not be to someone else, I was just interested to see what others considered hilly. In your case, wow, 3,500ft of climbing in 15 miles would be brutal in my book That's about a 4.5% avg grade over the entire ride, I don't have anything on my scale to describe that
Come visit Seattle, and ride Hurricane Ridge. If you make it in the next few weeks, I'll join you. It's 5,240 feet of climbing in 17 miles, starting at sea level and ending near timberline:

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