Elevation gain variance
07-18-22 | 12:06 PM
#26
climber has-been
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07-18-22 | 12:33 PM
#27
Perceptual Dullard
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Elevation gain is a measurement used to classify how difficult a ride was or would be, from the time before power meters. I blame Jobst.
That said, most riders still don't have power meters--but if you do, it's not hard to figure out a pretty good estimate of how much of your energy was spent on mgh. Then calculating h is easy.
That said, most riders still don't have power meters--but if you do, it's not hard to figure out a pretty good estimate of how much of your energy was spent on mgh. Then calculating h is easy.
07-18-22 | 05:06 PM
#28
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From: Far beyond the pale horizon.
I think RWGPS displays to one place. You can see what it really thinks the distance is by looking at the TCX file it produces (there's a "total distance" datum).
