Originally Posted by
hsuehhwa
If one climbs a lot, one is less likely to worry about an over/under-pass, or anything less than a Cat 4.
I think this is true, that people who live at sea level or don't climb a lot worry more about the numbers.
Where I live every ride is 2000+ feet and it is all relative.
A ride with a few long steep climbs can feel harder than a ride of the same length and rolling hills, even though the ride with rolling hills might have more vertical feet. Vertical feet numbers don't tell the whole story.
-Tim-