Indeed. Surface matters. I've had paved hills I've had to walk up when loaded, but never a spun out rear wheel. Loose dirt, absolutely a different experience. I've walked hills I would otherwise make it up either because of spinning rear wheel or ruts, roots, rocks I simply am too unskilled to navigate at minimal climbing speed. Like you, I gage hills by surface, steepness, technical obstacles, length, and altitude. a 10% grade above 10,000 feet elevation is equal to a 14% grade at 8,000 feet for me. And when the climb is measured in miles rather than "see the top," I have to keep effort aerobic or I'll never make it.
With abandon, Patrick On Saturday, June 15, 2013 7:35:26 AM UTC-6, Marc Irwin wrote: > > Dirty gravel! Beats me how they categorize this stuff, I took that off > the profile provided by the Almanzo 100 website. I categorize hills as > "pleasantly rolling, difficult, and painfully steep!" > > Marc > > On Friday, June 14, 2013 4:55:59 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> Nice! On pavement or dirt? >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> On Friday, June 14, 2013 1:54:01 PM UTC-6, Tony McG wrote: >>> >>> I don't know what a Catagory 5 Climb is, but I do know that if I tried >>> to stand up and pedal, the back wheel would spin instead of roll. The only >>> way to the top was either sit and grind or get off and walk... >>> >>> On Friday, June 14, 2013 1:14:47 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>>> >>>> Great write up, Marc. Thanks. Category 5 climbs? Could you please >>>> enlighten me as to the definitions of the categories? >>>> >>>> With abandon, >>>> Patrick >>>> >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
