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on the path
= 100 vertical feet per mile, or 1000' per 10 miles
3/4 of that rate on a longer ride is a pretty good day of climbing. Mountain bike races often exceed 100' per mile.
100 feet is 30.5 metres
1 mile is 1609 metres
30.5/1609 = 0.0189... * 100 = 1.89%
Is that correct? The grade you're referring to is 1.89%? Isn't that more or less flat ground? Or are there some short steep bits in there?