Originally Posted by cornucopia72
We will rate it short and sweet. One mile at 8% grade. Where is this beauty?
Where I live ... a HILL is hardly ever more than 3/4 mile ... with most being 1/4 to 1/2 mile in length. However, the grades often reach 8 to 15%. So, when "I" mention hills or a hill ... I'm generally referring to terrain that is less than a mile ... but with a steeper grade.
Then again ... if I'm referring to rides more than 40 miles ... I would also call it "hilly" if there were several hills even as short as a few hundred feet ... due to the distance and number of hills.
The graph you show ... would be a REAL HILL compared to what folks in my area are used to. And, for the Midwest, we are in a moderately hilly area due to the Glaciers that stopped and then receeded during the ice age ... it is called Floyds Knobs, IN.