Quote:
Originally Posted by erickonphoenix
To get hill climb training for the Marfa 100 we had to cycle a few overpasses around Houston. Even the I don't think we ever broke 400. It's so flat down here you don't need a parking brake ever. However, we do get some serious head winds but Strava doesn't have a metric for that. lol
|
Riders from Florida talk about that a lot. Highest elevation in that state is 750ft or so, I think. They consider the wind their hills. I find headwinds annoying, though. I'd rather deal with a long easy climb than a headwind any day.
This area has two different riding environments. North of where I live is the end of a glacial moraine and it's fairly flat. There's a long, sloping ramp to the highest point, but it's not even something you'd call a hill. The runoff from the melting glacier carved stream and river valleys south of the moraine. They spread out like fingers. I live on one of the fingers, so any direction I take from my house will eventually go downhill. The area south of my house is known as the Seven Hills. Lots of rolling terrain there, so there's some climbing, but nothing like Europe or other mountainous areas. The local bike trail goes east-west across the moraine, so it's quite flat. The only elevation changes there are where the trail rises up to a road crossing.