Originally Posted by
patentcad
Mt. Doom has three sections that exceed 15%, one that's about 17%. I hit that mile long climb daily. Today @ mile 116. That sucked. Actually there was so much climbing (7500') on today's ride that Mt. Doom didn't seem so bad. I was just tired and a little hot at the end.
That must be amazing. Today we had one that hit 18 briefly and one at 12% for a bit longer. I've never experience a climb like that and for me it was intense. I was trying my hardest to hang on to the lead group but once I fell back a bit I felt much better and started to have fun. 1650 ft over 35 miles. 1650 ft is my 200-250 mile week.