Am I ascending or descending?
08-13-04, 09:27 AM
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Am I ascending or descending?
Do any of you all ever run into the scenario that it looks like you are descending, but you are actually ascending, or vice-versa? Obviously I know which one I am doing by the resistance on my legs.
I just wanted to know this because I had brain surgery ten years ago and some of my senses were affected and I don't know if it is just me or if you all get the same feeling sometimes.
I just wanted to know this because I had brain surgery ten years ago and some of my senses were affected and I don't know if it is just me or if you all get the same feeling sometimes.
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Yes, the senses can be fooled, not only on a bike but in a motor vehicle as well. I have a couple of places on my commute that appear as hills but are, in reality, flat and also places that look flat but are really hills.
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Originally Posted by pletcgm
Do any of you all ever run into the scenario that it looks like you are descending, but you are actually ascending, or vice-versa? Obviously I know which one I am doing by the resistance on my legs.
I just wanted to know this because I had brain surgery ten years ago and some of my senses were affected and I don't know if it is just me or if you all get the same feeling sometimes.
I just wanted to know this because I had brain surgery ten years ago and some of my senses were affected and I don't know if it is just me or if you all get the same feeling sometimes.
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One of my routes has a slight uphill that feels like a downhill due to the prevailing tailwind. Very odd.
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I have a few of those... there is one the defintiely looks like a downslope.. but I always have to gear down to ride it... when you first hit it, it is like riding on flat tires... weird sensation...
on the other side of that.. I live half way up a big hill (like 8% grade).. but the first half of that is less steep, but tstill an uphill.. but an uphill I can hit 22-24 mph going up... so clearly not a real uphil.. weird
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on the other side of that.. I live half way up a big hill (like 8% grade).. but the first half of that is less steep, but tstill an uphill.. but an uphill I can hit 22-24 mph going up... so clearly not a real uphil.. weird
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Thanks for that info. I am glad to know that I am not the only one with that feeling. I was concerned a little that it may have been associated with my brain surgery. Thanks again.
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There's a section of road here that feels like you're going downhill, no matter which direction you're traveling.
I've never understood it.
I've never understood it.
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I noticed this on a ride about a week ago. It was a hilly ride, and later in the ride my mind was telling me that I was about to climb, when in fact the downhill slope just changed to being less severe.
