Walk of shame!
06-30-23, 11:15 AM
#126
Tragically Ignorant
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: New England
Posts: 15,613
Bikes: Serotta Atlanta; 1994 Specialized Allez Pro; Giant OCR A1; SOMA Double Cross Disc; 2022 Allez Elite mit der SRAM
Mentioned: 62 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8186 Post(s)
Liked 9,098 Times
in
5,054 Posts
Folks that claim a 2 mile hill at 15% is "nothing" are either
a) full of crap keyboard warrior trolls
b) pro cyclists
c) have never ridden hills.
I then realized (c) may be a real demographic, so I asserted the arbitrary 100 mile flat comparison
to make a point to the muppies and kittens
a) full of crap keyboard warrior trolls
b) pro cyclists
c) have never ridden hills.
I then realized (c) may be a real demographic, so I asserted the arbitrary 100 mile flat comparison
to make a point to the muppies and kittens
If you did a 2 mile 15% hill, that's 1600 feet of climbing, yet this 2 mile hill was part of an 8 mile ride in which you only did 800 feet of climbing.
Guess that ride got tougher after you did it, huh? Congratulations on exposing who is the lying keyboard warrior here (spoiler alert--look in the mirror).
I've done a ride several times where I climb 1000 feet in 6 miles, then continue to do the remaining hilly 74 miles of the ride. I've done that in 90 degree heat, so maybe lay off the silly muppies and kittens accusations. Yes, I can make a relatively flat 100 miles more challenging than an 8 mile hilly ride--it's called riding fast.
Just saw the other people who caught this--man, you really stepped into that face plant!
06-30-23, 11:20 AM
#127
Tragically Ignorant
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: New England
Posts: 15,613
Bikes: Serotta Atlanta; 1994 Specialized Allez Pro; Giant OCR A1; SOMA Double Cross Disc; 2022 Allez Elite mit der SRAM
Mentioned: 62 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8186 Post(s)
Liked 9,098 Times
in
5,054 Posts
06-30-23, 11:23 AM
#128
Tragically Ignorant
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: New England
Posts: 15,613
Bikes: Serotta Atlanta; 1994 Specialized Allez Pro; Giant OCR A1; SOMA Double Cross Disc; 2022 Allez Elite mit der SRAM
Mentioned: 62 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8186 Post(s)
Liked 9,098 Times
in
5,054 Posts
You need to make up your mind about what the hill was...
Your lack of knowledge about riders and riding is glaringly obvious.
EDIT: I don't recall anyone saying a 15% climb was "nothing", but 20 minutes of climbing is not more difficult (a bigger effort) than 5+ hours of flat riding. I have experience with both.
Your lack of knowledge about riders and riding is glaringly obvious.
EDIT: I don't recall anyone saying a 15% climb was "nothing", but 20 minutes of climbing is not more difficult (a bigger effort) than 5+ hours of flat riding. I have experience with both.
06-30-23, 11:26 AM
#129
Habitual User
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Altadena, CA
Posts: 7,997
Bikes: 2023 Niner RLT 9 RDO, 2018 Trek Procaliber 9.9 RSL, 2018 Storck Fascenario.3 Platinum, 2003 Time VX Special Pro, 2001 Colnago VIP, 1999 Trek 9900 singlespeed, 1977 Nishiki ONP
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4957 Post(s)
Liked 8,098 Times
in
3,833 Posts
Or, it's all BS. Either is a possibility, at this point.
EDIT: Wait...2 miles in 20 minutes is 6mph, not 15.
__________________
"Swedish fish. They're protein shaped." - livedarklions
"Swedish fish. They're protein shaped." - livedarklions
Last edited by Eric F; 06-30-23 at 11:56 AM.
06-30-23, 11:29 AM
#130
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,249
Mentioned: 211 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18420 Post(s)
Liked 15,568 Times
in
7,334 Posts
06-30-23, 12:26 PM
#131
Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posts: 33,005
Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92
Mentioned: 325 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11971 Post(s)
Liked 6,655 Times
in
3,486 Posts
That's enough of the nonsense.
__________________
See, this is why we can't have nice things. - - smarkinson
Where else but the internet can a bunch of cyclists go and be the tough guy? - - jdon
Likes For BillyD:
