Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
Usually those types of maps/plots will indicate total climbing, and total descent. That's like all the uphills added together in one big chunk, and all the downhills added together. Theoretically if you start and stop in the same place, then total climbing and descent should be equal.
that's what I thought.
Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
Know what's crazy? I saw the end of the women's Olympic marathon yesterday morning, and those women RAN 26.2 miles in under 2.5 hours. That's pretty much averaging the same speed as your moving average speed/pace.
And trust me I'd be about the same as you - my area is pretty much nothing but hills.
I am neither disappointed nor pleased. I know that even if I were to switch out the bike today for something that weighed less and had bigger narrower wheels I would be faster and climbing would be easier.
(it would be hard to find something that weighed more 42 lbs... really. my brother in law gave up on this bike because it was too heavy to get up the stairs into his second floor apartment. when I told him I put it on my roof rack (jeep) he said he would not have been able to do that.