Old 08-05-19, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Spoonrobot
I'll take a few longer climbs over several shorter rollers like that. Here's a new event this year that I'm waffling on, steep gravel rollers are so much more mentally taxing than just pointing the bike straight up for an hour+.
Agreed. I lived and raced in CO, and did some of the big climbing events, like the Mt Evans Hillclimb. Riding uphill for 28 miles is a slog, but do-able with persistence. Out here in PA, though, we have shorter but steeper climbs. Yesterday I was on a paved road that maxed out at 25% grade; the climb wasn't too long, but that is steep.
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