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Old 08-19-13, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by curdog
What does it mean exactly when a ride notes a certain amount of elevation? Is this the net of climbing and descents? Sorry, but I'm usually a pure bred flat-lander!
Hi,

All circular rides would be zero. As said you add up the ascents and ignore descents.
A real roller of a course, hardly flat, just up and down all the time with no big hills might
appear to be much worse than it actually is, compared to the simple example above.

rgds, sreten.

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