Hey siafirede, I just found this thread! This is truly a ride of epic proportions and is way more hardcore than anything I did last weekend! 2180 METERS of climbing? That's something like 6,000 feet! Bring it ON! All I did was spin home and up a couple bumps in the ground! Furthermore, it was 64°F when I started and cooled to the low-mid 40's by the time I got home. None of this hardcore freezing-business. You rock!
Can't wait to ride with you at RTL!
-- chuckaeronut
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My elevation was way off by the way. Due to a stupid mistake that I won't get into 🙄 I know that it should be much less than what I thought it was at first and the rating would go down significantly, so I am glad that I didn't use this as my RTL qualification ride anyway. I really need to get a GPS device, which is why on my actual qualifying ride I didn't include ANY elevation stats towards my rating.
I haven't done my qualifying ride yet, but in planning it, I'm using Google Earth to map out the elevations. If you 'download it' (http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html), you can figure out elevation by checking off the "Terrain" option then putting you mouse over the point you want to know. It's a simple solution if you don't have a GPS device to measure altitude.
-- CoreTechs
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Mikefule said:
As an alternative hypothesis of equal validity, God did not design us to ride unicycles.
Be a bear or be a grizzly! You've met that challenge. Welcome to the next challenge: riding the Lobster.
Best from the right coast of Canada. As we say here: Go hard or stay home. 😄
William
-- ridethelobster2008
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I don't see any way I can do RTL this year, but I am gearing up for what appears to be the de facto roll-your-own event of the year: the RTL Qualification ride!
These stories are very inspiring. I might have to turn my March long ride into a two day affair.
I haven't done my qualifying ride yet, but in planning it, I'm using Google Earth to map out the elevations. If you 'download it' (http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html), you can figure out elevation by checking off the "Terrain" option then putting you mouse over the point you want to know. It's a simple solution if you don't have a GPS device to measure altitude.
Alternativey draw your route on http://www.mapmyride.com/ which uses Google Maps. You can select show evelation and even download a CVS file including elevation.
Their ascent/descent is conservative, atleast in the UK, as can be seen in the CVS file. If you are on rolling hills rather than mountains it will read low. However if you use a GPS you need to average out the measurement noise or the recorded elevation will be significantly higher than reality.
Alternativey draw your route on http://www.mapmyride.com/ which uses Google Maps. You can select show evelation and even download a CVS file including elevation.
Their ascent/descent is conservative, atleast in the UK, as can be seen in the CVS file. If you are on rolling hills rather than mountains it will read low. However if you use a GPS you need to average out the measurement noise or the recorded elevation will be significantly higher than reality.
Alright... that made things easier. 😄
I had just plotted some elevation points on my map so far. That site made things way easier. I didn't really feel like having to calculate all that elevation stuff anytime soon.
-- CoreTechs
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Mikefule said:
As an alternative hypothesis of equal validity, God did not design us to ride unicycles.
