Subject: RE: Definition of "hilly" katzchen55 - 2009-08-04 9:49 AM So I have a route that's about 19 miles with just under 1000 ft of climbing. Not bad at all...you might say...except pretty much all of that is in one hill over about 1/2 mile. The rest of the course is relatively flat. Weird, huh? Guess I wouldn't call the route hilly, but I would consider it a challenging climb....at least for me. That is an interesting quirk in the "hilly route" question. If it were my route, I'd probably call that flat with a climb, not hilly. I think of "hilly" as relatively sustained ups and downs over most of the course. I'm still shocked about a course I read about on here - 500' in 50 miles. But wait, if you did the 75 mi ride, it was 535'. Yes, they went over a bridge. *jaw dropping* And no, it wasn't in Florida... As for shifting, I'm still figuring that out. I shift for EVERYTHING right now. I think I need to learn how to settle in and push harder on the short ups when it will only be for a few minutes or less. |