Thread: Elevation gain
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Old 07-26-21 | 10:52 AM
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From: Far beyond the pale horizon.
Originally Posted by RChung
Hmmm. I think there's a "right" elevation gain number.
How long is a coastline?

There isn't one standard for smoothing the data and what changes to include or drop.

I had a Bontrager computer that was kinda close to my Edge 800.

Originally Posted by RChung
Some estimates of elevation gain take grade into account.
Which ones and how? Is it any of the common ones?

One might be able to take the gain and divide it by distance. But that wouldn't be gain (it would be a gain rate or ratio). Or, I suppose, one could ignore gain below some sort of grade threshold.

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