Got to play with my new altimeter on my commute yesturday. I thought I did a little more climbing than that, but about 2100ft of climbing on my commute isn't too bad, I suppose. Now, I don't feel so bad with 16mph averages.

How many of you use Alti's? And how much do you climb to and from work?

No altimieter for me, but looking at topo mapes I think my commute has about 300ft of climbing in 8-9 miles. Not enough to even really qualify as a hill.

Is that cumulative or one major climb?

I dont look at the total climbing function. I just check the altitude at the beginning and end of the climbs. I have about 135' climb on the bridge over the St Lawrence river, and on the way home there is a climb slightly less than 100' up the Falaise St Jacques on Montreal island. Several slopes 1% grade with less than 30' rise, so total climbing is probably no more than 200' in 17 miles on the way to work and 300' on the way back.

I did 2200' on my Monday commute. In the dark. While it was raining.

I use the altimeter on my GPS, then upload the points to TOPO! and plot it there.

Patriot Wow that's great!

Are you in the Olympics? Any tips for improving cadance on hills?

The first 9 miles of my commute is constantly up/down. I doubt there is more than 50 ft flat. Height change from highest to lowest is about 500-600 ft as a guess.

The last 9 miles is dead flat, about 5 ft change.

I do the climbing height change once on the way to work, and twice on the way home. I have my skydiving altimeter but its not accurate with small changes like that, is a single dial like a clock and does 12,000 ft so a 500 ft change is minimal.

My average is 24-25 kph so similar to yours though, climbs up play havoc with avg times

My daily commute to work is nearly 500 ft above sea level--I start at sea level. The cumulative climb would be something higher.

About a month ago, I did a ride with the Baltimore Bike Club. The cumulative climbing for that ride was over 5,300 ft, but peak altitude was only 800 ft above sea level.

One of the guys in the club used a Garmin Edge to capture the ride. Here's what it looked like:

https://trail.motionbased.com/trail/e...pkValue=474757

To make the rest of us feel better, I'll give my stats...

150ft. climb, ave speed 13 MPH. Yeah baby, I'm smokin'!!!

(still, I love the climb. That wee little hill gets my heart rate up nicely, and it comes about 3/4ths the way through the ride--which is just right)
;o))

...cumulative I hope.

On the other hand .... who would not like a 2200 feet descent on the way home?