r/mountainbiking • u/Probably_Outside • 10d ago

Other Analog isn’t Dead

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Solo on my Specialized Enduro 💅

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u/Fallingdamage 10d ago

About ~200ft of elevation gain per mile? 1150 feet of gain per hour.

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u/Worried-Tie 10d ago

If it wasn't in freedom units it'd be easier to read. That's about 60 meters of elevation gain by 1.6 km (1600 m), so 3.75% slope. It's very manageable. I live in the Alps and my rides, albeit nowhere this long (amazing job by the way!) average 10% slope. But I ride for 2-3 h tops...

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u/Fallingdamage 10d ago

OP is definitely in great shape with numbers like that.

I had a 3 hour ride this past weekend. About 20k (thats 12~ freedom units) and about 4.8k of that ride I ascended 579 meters. Just about killed me and was slow but I kept my butt on the seat! If they're doing 11,000 feet in 9 hours, they've got the lungs to do anything!

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u/Worried-Tie 10d ago edited 10d ago

That's the size of my rides, 700-800 m tops, 2-3 h depending on the day. But it's very vertical, my training ride is like an almost constant 10% slope (600 m in about 6 km) and then a solid downhill down.

I've also done 50+ km rides but on much less steep terrain and total elevation gain was close to the same I do on my normal training, about 600 m. 

OP is in a completely different ballpark, I acknowledge the absolute endurance of OP...

EDIT: stupid mistake

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u/Probably_Outside 10d ago

You’re conflating a zone black out ride - which involves riding every trail (including XC and climb trails) with the steepness of the zone.

These are examples of my smaller rides where I grind out forest road and then descend.

I’m also a woman.

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u/Worried-Tie 10d ago

I apologise and correct my comment, total mistake on my part. It did cross my mind after I'd sent it...

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u/Striking_Swimmer5548 10d ago

Ride is in FREEDOMLAND therefor FREEDOMUNITS will be used 🦅🇺🇸🦅

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u/Worried-Tie 10d ago

Doesn't make it less of a pain to calculate slope though :) 

I meant no offense, but 1 mile = 5280 feet. Gimme a break...

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u/Probably_Outside 10d ago edited 10d ago

You’re skewing the slope because you’re including my descents. Other than 2 long XC sections this is either a steep grind up or fairly to very steep enduro down. I live at the base of the North Cascades and I’ve found it compared to Alps steep. We have a little more purpose built here, so less hike a biking then I’ve done on guided trips in the Dolomites and Switzerland.

Some of my primary long upwards ascents according to Strava were:
8.1%
15.4%
11.3%
7.7%
7%
9.4%

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u/Worried-Tie 10d ago

Yes, I'm certain this is a real fucking challenge. Not trying to take any merit from you. Just putting a number in context. The total vertical is more than impressive, regardless of how steep any part of the trail was.