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Old 06-26-13 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by LongT
I've never been much of a climber. But I think that I out did myself this weekend. I went on 2 - 30 mile rides. One had a total of 33 feet of climbing the other had 19 feet. Measured by Garmin 200 with altitude correction. SO take that

Alpe d'Huez watch out!

Bill
That's pretty good. I tried to put together a ride from home that was as flat as I could sensibly make it and in 50km I was still stuck with about 60m of elevation gain. So an out-and-back trip makes for a nice round 100km with barely 100m of elevation gain.
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