Originally Posted by ken cummings
Berkeley and the east bay had the nifty 1050 ride last weekend, but was it 10,000 feet in 50 miles or was it 50,ooo feet in 100 miles?
If it was 10k feet in 50 miles, that's an amazing 200 ft/mile. I've never been able to put together a route with more than about 150 ft/mile.
Assuming you start and finish at the same place, the average grade would have to be about 8%. It's hard to build a route with that much grade over several miles.