Elevation gain?

Gary R. Brower said:

All,

I'm wondering what the phrase "total elevation gain" might mean in terms of a ride.

Some places I've seen it seem to imply that one simply adds together all the elevation gains. That
is "total climb"

When I did elevation graphs for BRAG, total elevation gain equals total climb.

Bill Norcross, GA

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Some places I've seen it seem to imply that one simply adds together all the elevation gains. That
is "total climb"

Other places figure total climb and subtract from it the "downhill side".

I've never seen the latter used regarding bicycle rides. Two systems I've seen used are:
1. add together the major climbs and ignore the bumps
2. count the bumps as well (a bump is a hill under some arbitrary height like 200 feet).

Ken

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Quoted message said:

All,

Quoted message said:

Some places I've seen it seem to imply that one simply adds together all the elevation gains. That
is "total climb"

That is total elevation gain.

Quoted message said:

Other places figure total climb and subtract from it the "downhill side".

That is net elevation gain.