Re: Last week

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On 30 May 2025 21:24:29 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
 

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On 30 May 2025 18:13:04 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
 

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 5/30/2025 12:10 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 5/30/2025 10:29 AM, AMuzi wrote:

 
In my small Florida experience, terrain is more
interesting north and west which is not flat like most of
the peninsula.
 
https://printablemapforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/
florida- topography-map-colorful-natural-physical-
landscape-topographic-map-of- florida-elevation.jpg

 
Agreed, but those hills in northwest Florida are a long,
long way from being snow capped mountains. Florida's highest
point is only about 350 feet elevation.
 
I get occasional visits from a Florida cyclist who exceeds
5000 miles almost every year. His highest, steepest hills
are the freeway overpasses. He suffers on moderate hills
around here.
 

 
I agree that 'interesting' terrain, as I enjoy here, is not
at all 'daunting' or 'punishing' or 'grueling' as I find
mountains.
 

 
Hilly or mountainous areas is often how one gains height than the height
it?s self within reason, and some really interesting places that aren?t
particularly challenging but they are interesting.
 
For what it?s worth I?d probably would certainly look at some of Floridas
trails I?m very unlikely ever to get the chance.
 
Roger Merriman

 
The Suncoast trail between highway 50 and highway 98 is very hilly.

 
600ft gain over 12 miles is not very hilly by anyone’s standards, it’s
about the same ratio as my various Wednesday night Pub gravel loops which
are deliberately designed to be flat and fast.

 
True that the overall gain is pidly...  but that section is up and
down, up and down, up and down.

That’s rolling terrain which

 

If I go back to wales  just popping to town to sit at the cafe is on the
100ft per mile mark of hilly ride, as you’d expect for the Brecon Beacons,
very hilly rides are another level all together!
 
 
100ft per mile is quoted ratio when rides become hilly.

 
I suspect there's a couple of segments like that on that segment.
 
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1937849969

Unlikely as <https://www.strava.com/segments/38317102?filter=overall> it’s
only a 80ft difference so at best would hit that ratio for distance that
Strava will not allow segments to be so short anymore.

And shorter segments are 0/2% sort of things.

 

 
--
C'est bon
Soloman
 

 
Roger Merriman

 
--
C'est bon
Soloman
 

Roger Merriman