Originally Posted by alt+f4
I thought about that, but I don't want to be poring over topo maps for three hours to figure out how many hills I climbed in an hour-long ride. It's nothing major, but just something I'm curious about. If I wanted to get a computer that measured elevation, where do the prices start? Or do you need GPS?
TopoUSA (Delorme) has nice mapping features. You graphically plot your course and it gives you all the stats you could want (distance, total elevation, total climb, total descent, miles climbing, miles descending, average grade, etc.). I bought an older version on EBay for next to nothing.