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Gradient question
I can never think in height, and find it pretty difficult thinking in distance (unless I know it). I;m going to be cycling up hill for a day or so. I;ve looked at an elevation map of the route, and it rises 250 meters in about 160 km. What kind of gradient is that (more on a "blimey, you'll have your work cut out," way than actual 3:10 or whatever).
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I think so. If you click on the link and look below the map, there's a graph. I'm guessing, though it doesn't say, that the figures on the left vertical are meters. We're cycling from Esslingen (about half way on the graph) which looks to be around 400m altitude, to villinger, which is about 650m. So that's about 250m, over 160km. If it is 0.1 grad, then it looks more on the graph.
Or is it deceptive. is the fact that it's an overall, not reflecting the fluctuations along the way?
I don't know. This kind of thing makes my head hurt.
https://www.aufreisen.de/BWRad_WegKarte_0.asp?RIR=260514
Or is it deceptive. is the fact that it's an overall, not reflecting the fluctuations along the way?
I don't know. This kind of thing makes my head hurt.
https://www.aufreisen.de/BWRad_WegKarte_0.asp?RIR=260514
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To my eye it looks more like 300 to 700. 400 m over 160 km is nothing. It looks like the route follows a river, so this shouldn't be surprising. Have a blast!
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If that graph is meters on the vertical scale and kilometers on the horizontal scale then it does not picture the correct grade. The horizontal scale would have to be 1000 times longer with the same vertical scale to show the correct grade. In other words it's basically flat. Enjoy the ride!
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Thanks for that. That's a weight off my mind. It looked somewhat hard going to my untrained eye., but I see now how distorted the view is (obviously for reasons of viewing).
Again, many thanks.
Again, many thanks.
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The route does follow a river, and it looks like the OP will be going upstream. The written description calls the route "Nahezu steigungsfrei und stetig bergab" (nearly free of climbing and continously downhill), so it looks like the people who laid out the route intended users to travel down a river valley with a gentle, almost imperceptible grade to make riding easy. Going up the same river valley might be a little more work, but still no serious climbing.
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Originally Posted by Gotte
I can never think in height, and find it pretty difficult thinking in distance (unless I know it). I;m going to be cycling up hill for a day or so. I;ve looked at an elevation map of the route, and it rises 250 meters in about 160 km. What kind of gradient is that (more on a "blimey, you'll have your work cut out," way than actual 3:10 or whatever).
Thanks
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In your case, assuming those numbers are correct, the grade would be (as others have pointed out)
250m/160,000m * 100 = 0.15% (less than 1% grade).