I’m putting this in the over 50 forum for the other snowbirds — Looking at how flat Florida is: In SE Florida for 3½ months (January thru mid-April), 1506 miles of road riding, I accumulated a whopping 5121 feet of elevation gain. And that’s frequently doing extra…such as doubling back over bridges across the Intracoastal from time to time. Back in coastal Rhode Island…we have some hills, but it’s by no means mountainous…in just ten days (five rides), 142 miles of riding, I’ve reached 9947 feet of elevation for the year. In the first few miles of my next ride I’ll get the 295 feet to surpass 10,242 for the year…doubling the elevation that I achieved in Florida.

Dan