Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
If you start and end your ride in the same place for every climb there has to be a corresponding coast. Nobody talks about that.
+1
Unless the route is Point A to Point B ... or unless there is an earthquake while you're gone and your home is thrust several metres in the air ... there is no such thing as "elevation
gain". You won't have
gained any elevation by the end of the ride.