Originally Posted by
waterrockets
Austin has enough steep hills to get that same 100ft/mile on a non-repeat kind of road ride. I wish the climbs were longer though. Most of the longer ones are in that 5.5 to 6' range :-/ Lots and lots of climbs over 8% grade though.
I did the Livestrong Challenge there last October, only got about 4k feet in 100 miles. I can see how one could double that, though. I think I went over more rollers on that century than I did the prior six months back home. Austin's a great place to ride!
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Chuck
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