I have this commute on my return trip home and have done it almost every day for years at this point. I usually do it in the 25-27 minute range. How tough of a daily uphill ride would you categorize this as?
by wprefguy
I have this commute on my return trip home and have done it almost every day for years at this point. I usually do it in the 25-27 minute range. How tough of a daily uphill ride would you categorize this as?
by wprefguy
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[This](https://i.imgur.com/SZIw4cq.jpeg) is the particularly steepest part of the trip. In this area I hover around 5.8-6 mph going up so quite slow. downhill every morning I fly down this section between 30-40 mph depending on wind.
Looks like fun. I’d be happy to ride that every day.
That’s pretty intense haha, ~500 feet in about a mile, like almost a foot of elevation every 10 feet
I gain around 400 ft in 3 miles. Your trip is much more steep
Around here (Seattle) most rides are around 100ft per mile, so that’s quite steep at about 200 ft per mile.
I only climb 134 feet (41 m) so you’re 5x my daily climb. If 134 is an easy workout, you’re a beast!
If my calculations are correct thats about a 5% climb for 4 miles. All I’m going to say is that’s rough. You’ve got lunges of steel muh man.
Lol mine is about 30m in 4.4km and there are days where I walk up parts of it. In my defense, I’ve only been doing it sporadically for about 2 months now but I’m looking forward to doing it more as it warms up.
Good on you for keeping with it!
That’s a cat 4 climb IMO.
Almost exactly double my current ride to work, which is about .4 miles slightly down then up 410′ in 2.1 miles. Then I have the option to coast within about 200 yards of my home on the way back. Takes 12 minutes on the ebike, 15 on the mini-velo to and about 7 on the ebike and 6 on the mini-velo coming home on dry roads.
I’ve not ever gone hard (if I’m running late I take the ebike) but I’m not spinning along in zone 2 either. So I would say you’re holding a good pace.