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Tomm Willians

06-06-22 11:39 AM

What does this mean?

I’ve signed up for my first double for October and I have a question. In the course description it states a certain number of climbs being Cat 3 or 4, what does that mean ?

njkayaker

06-06-22 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tomm Willians (Post 22532546)

I’ve signed up for my first double for October and I have a question. In the course description it states a certain number of climbs being Cat 3 or 4, what does that mean ?

It's a rating of how hard the climbs are.

https://velovation.co.uk/climb-categorisation/

Unfortunately, it's not standardized. It appears to be a bit like ski run classifications.

pdlamb

06-06-22 12:48 PM

I like the story with the older model Citroen. If that old Citroen could make it up the hill in 4th gear, it was a category 4 climb. If it stalled out in fourth but you could get a run at it and climb the hill in 3rd gear, it was a cat 3 climb, and so forth. If the car couldn't make it up the hill in first gear without stalling out, it was HC (above category or, in French, Hors Categorie).

Kai Winters

06-06-22 02:25 PM

It means you are going to suffer your ass off...have fun...I love climbing hope you do too

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