Originally Posted by greaterbrown

NR will probably disagree based on the Lake to Furnace ride, however, I really have no interest in climbing hills on long rides. But if they're in between where I am and where I wanna go, I'll climb them. That being said, a 300K + unnecessary climbing is not smart. Any ride will automatically show more climb the more distance there is. 10,000 feet of climb on a 190 mile ride equates to 53ft/mile. Which would be about 2500' of climbing on a 50mile ride OR about 900' on a 17 mile ride. That's the same as my commute to work.