Elevation - Google Earth

Ernest said:

For those without GPS. Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ is a new free
map system which allows you to find the elevation of the roads you ride.

.... but only if you use a virus-compatible operating system.

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... but only if you use a virus-compatible operating system.

Cool expression, like it :-)

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Ernest said:

For those without GPS. Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ is a new free
map system which allows you to find the elevation of the roads you ride.

I have actually measured some of my routes to find out how hard those hills
actually are.
I consider 30m a real hill and just over about 100m can nearly finish me
off.

yeahwell, if you're in southern or eastern England, you won't have
anything to practice on. Go on hols somewhere hilly and you'll soon
be adding an extra 0 to those numbers.

--
Nick Kew

(who has plenty of 300m uphills locally, but hasn't had 1000m handy
since moving back to .uk from Italy).

Nick Kew said:

Ernest said:

For those without GPS. Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ is a new free
map system which allows you to find the elevation of the roads you ride.

I have actually measured some of my routes to find out how hard those hills
actually are.
I consider 30m a real hill and just over about 100m can nearly finish me
off.

yeahwell, if you're in southern or eastern England, you won't have
anything to practice on. Go on hols somewhere hilly and you'll soon
be adding an extra 0 to those numbers.

What a load of ToSH[1]. There are some real hills in the south. Not
many, and not particularly long, but there are hills if you look hard
enough.

And then they all look nice and easy compared to the real hills..

...d

[1] Tour of the Surrey Hills.

David Martin <[email hidden]> whizzed past me shouting

Quoted message said:

What a load of ToSH[1]. There are some real hills in the south. Not
many, and not particularly long, but there are hills if you look hard
enough.

Real Hills (TM) are where you have to stand up to keep your front wheel
from floating. There are some in the south, but not as long as the ones
in the north.

Ooer - I need a beer just thinking about it!

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What goes down must come up again - Confucius' Law of Mountain Biking

Sue White said:

David Martin <[email hidden]> whizzed past me shouting

Quoted message said:

What a load of ToSH[1]. There are some real hills in the south. Not
many, and not particularly long, but there are hills if you look hard
enough.

Real Hills (TM) are where you have to stand up to keep your front wheel
from floating. There are some in the south, but not as long as the ones
in the north.

BTDTGTTS - if by North you mean really North. Dirt track, two kids in
trailer, granny gear and having to lean over the front wheel to keep it
on the ground..

...d

Ernest said:

For those without GPS. Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ is a new free
map system which allows you to find the elevation of the roads you ride.

I have actually measured some of my routes to find out how hard those hills
actually are.
I consider 30m a real hill and just over about 100m can nearly finish me
off.

It all sounds a bit wimpy :o(

Thanks for pointing this out. 😄

I mustabout your standard for hills and thanks to google earth now know
I climbed the 326ft at Parbold hill today, - shame it's the nearest
large hill and about 28km from my door..
(The only other hill is 92ft climb and even that is 13km inland - gosh
it's bloody flat round here!!)

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Nick Kew said:

yeahwell, if you're in southern or eastern England, you won't have
anything to practice on.

Whaddya mean. We have railway bridges to practice on here in
Cambridgeshire ;-)

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

David Martin said:

BTDTGTTS - if by North you mean really North. Dirt track, two kids in
trailer, granny gear and having to lean over the front wheel to keep it
on the ground..

Now why don't you let them get out and push?

Roos

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Quoted message said:

Ernest said:

For those without GPS. Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ is a new
free
map system which allows you to find the elevation of the roads you ride.

... but only if you use a virus-compatible operating system.

Daniele
--

So it works with a mac os? or unix variants? 'cause, of course, they're
virus-compatible...

Graham

Sue White said:

David Martin <[email hidden]> whizzed past me shouting

Quoted message said:

What a load of ToSH[1]. There are some real hills in the south. Not
many, and not particularly long, but there are hills if you look hard
enough.

Real Hills (TM) are where you have to stand up to keep your front
wheel from floating. There are some in the south, but not as long as
the ones in the north.

Ooer - I need a beer just thinking about it!

I need a beer, too, and I didn't even think about it.

--
Ambrose

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Dean (') said:

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Ernest said:

For those without GPS. Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ is a new
free
map system which allows you to find the elevation of the roads you
ride.

... but only if you use a virus-compatible operating system.

So it works with a mac os? or unix variants? 'cause, of course, they're
virus-compatible...

Look, let's not wander down this particular troll infested path again.
Yes, viruses for both Linux and MacOS are theoretically possible. No, no
virus for Linux has ever been detected in the wild. Move on; nothing to
see here.

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(') said:

Ernest said:

For those without GPS. Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ is a new
free map system which allows you to find the elevation of the roads
you ride.

I have actually measured some of my routes to find out how hard those
hills actually are.
I consider 30m a real hill and just over about 100m can nearly finish
me off.

It all sounds a bit wimpy :o(

Thanks for pointing this out. 😄

I mustabout your standard for hills and thanks to google earth now know
I climbed the 326ft at Parbold hill today, - shame it's the nearest
large hill and about 28km from my door..
(The only other hill is 92ft climb and even that is 13km inland - gosh
it's bloody flat round here!!)

Hence the questions about brakes, I suppose. I can climb more than 300
metres within 3Km of my front door.

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Martin (') said:

Nick Kew said:

Ernest said:

For those without GPS. Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ is a
new free map system which allows you to find the elevation of the
roads you ride.

I have actually measured some of my routes to find out how hard
those hills actually are.
I consider 30m a real hill and just over about 100m can nearly
finish me off.

yeahwell, if you're in southern or eastern England, you won't have
anything to practice on. Go on hols somewhere hilly and you'll soon
be adding an extra 0 to those numbers.

What a load of ToSH[1].

Yes, I have to admit I did rather guffaw at that thread. Not unkindly,
you understand... when visiting relatives in Gloucestershire I once
overheard locals in the pub describing the Cotswolds as 'mountains'.
Well, yes, FSVO; and, likewise, the Surrey Hills.

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Simon Brooke said:

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Martin (') said:

Nick Kew said:

Ernest wrote:
> For those without GPS. Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ is a
> new free map system which allows you to find the elevation of the
> roads you ride.
>
> I have actually measured some of my routes to find out how hard
> those hills actually are.
> I consider 30m a real hill and just over about 100m can nearly
> finish me off.

yeahwell, if you're in southern or eastern England, you won't have
anything to practice on. Go on hols somewhere hilly and you'll soon
be adding an extra 0 to those numbers.

What a load of ToSH[1].

Yes, I have to admit I did rather guffaw at that thread. Not unkindly,
you understand... when visiting relatives in Gloucestershire I once
overheard locals in the pub describing the Cotswolds as 'mountains'.
Well, yes, FSVO; and, likewise, the Surrey Hills.

When did you last ride the North Downs (Surrey/Sussex hills)? A bit
different to your hills, not as long but much steeper. I used to do a
route that for the middle 20 miles includes 7 climbs with a 1 in 7 or
steeper (some 1 in 5 or 1 in 4) of over 100m elevation gain. Vicious.

And I wouldn't want a back pedal brake on any of them..

Cotswolds OTOH are merely quite rolling ;-)

Where is Velvet when you need a good thread on mountains?

...d

David Martin said:

Vicious.

True. Positively viscous.

Quoted message said:

describing the Cotswolds as 'mountains'

As someone who lives (and hikes) where there are real mountains, I
think describing hills like Scafell Pike, Snowdon, and Ben Nevis as
"mountains" is stretching a point when it comes to that. :-)

--
Peter Headland

Peter Headland said:

Quoted message said:

describing the Cotswolds as 'mountains'

As someone who lives (and hikes) where there are real mountains, I
think describing hills like Scafell Pike, Snowdon, and Ben Nevis as
"mountains" is stretching a point when it comes to that. :-)

How long have you lived in Kathmandu?

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Anon

Quoted message said:

How long have you lived in Kathmandu?

Nepal? Little girls' hills, those. Up here on Mars we have real men's
mountains!

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