Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > General Cycling Discussion
Reload this Page >

What's the most you've climbed in one ride?

Notices
General Cycling Discussion Have a cycling related question or comment that doesn't fit in one of the other specialty forums? Drop on in and post in here! When possible, please select the forum above that most fits your post!

What's the most you've climbed in one ride?

Old 09-05-20, 09:53 AM
  #1  
brunes83
Junior Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 16

Bikes: 2018 Specialized Roubaix Sport, 2019 Cervelo P3

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 14 Times in 6 Posts
What's the most you've climbed in one ride?

I had this goal by the end of the summer to climb at least 10,000 feet during one ride, but it was hard to find that many hills. So I decided to do it over a 100 miles...that would be 100 feet per mile, which I thought was a good round number. I made a video to detail the ride
.

I'm just wondering, what's the most everyone has climbed at one time?
brunes83 is offline  
Likes For brunes83:
Old 09-05-20, 10:08 AM
  #2  
Steve B.
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: South shore, L.I., NY
Posts: 6,825

Bikes: Flyxii FR322, Cannondale Topstone, Miyata City Liner, Specialized Chisel, Specialized Epic Evo

Mentioned: 18 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3185 Post(s)
Liked 2,020 Times in 1,158 Posts
7600 ft., 72 miles, Ouray, Colorado to Durango. Day 2, Bike Tour of Colorado, 1999. Rained all day, cold as well at 36 degrees in July. You kept moving to generate heat.

Belay that, my records (and RWGPS) tell me Day 4 was 8900 ft. @ 105 miles.

Last edited by Steve B.; 09-05-20 at 10:18 AM.
Steve B. is offline  
Likes For Steve B.:
Old 09-05-20, 10:11 AM
  #3  
genejockey 
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
 
genejockey's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 17,649

Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace

Mentioned: 41 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 10242 Post(s)
Liked 11,594 Times in 5,942 Posts
7500 feet in 100 miles. A now-defunct century ride on the San Francisco Peninsula.
__________________
"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."

"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
genejockey is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 10:28 AM
  #4  
Bob the Mech
Senior Member
 
Bob the Mech's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: South Wales
Posts: 206

Bikes: 2016 Trek Emonda S6 frameset, custom build (road). 1995 Dawes Genesis Reynolds 531 Competition frameset, custom build (road). 1996 Orange C16R frameset, custom build (retro MTB). Coyote Dual hard-tail, custom build (MTB).

Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 61 Post(s)
Liked 76 Times in 55 Posts
5600 ft over 78 miles, 74 ft of elevation per mile. Or 2600 ft over 25 miles, 104 ft of elevation per mile...Though if you think about it only half the distance is climbing, the other half is descending...Thus 5600 ft over (78 divided by 2) 39 miles, 143.5 ft of elevation per mile and 2600 ft over (25 divided by 2) 12.5 miles, 208 ft of elevation per mile
Bob the Mech is offline  
Likes For Bob the Mech:
Old 09-05-20, 11:08 AM
  #5  
CAT7RDR
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Hacienda Hgts
Posts: 2,082

Bikes: 1999 Schwinn Peloton Ultegra 10, Kestrel RT-1000 Ultegra, Trek Marlin 6 Deore 29'er

Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 811 Post(s)
Liked 1,945 Times in 935 Posts
I did not plan on it but had a whim to do hill repeats on a local canyon road and climbed 9,156 ft in 55 miles. If I had planned my liquids and nutrition better, I think 10K will be possible when it cools down. Forecast is 110F+ the next two days.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3599910309
CAT7RDR is offline  
Likes For CAT7RDR:
Old 09-05-20, 11:13 AM
  #6  
REDMASTA
Senior Member
 
REDMASTA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Traveling through time, will return last week.
Posts: 730

Bikes: Bare Rum Sword Knuckle Runner

Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 278 Post(s)
Liked 122 Times in 64 Posts
does zwift count?
REDMASTA is offline  
Likes For REDMASTA:
Old 09-05-20, 11:18 AM
  #7  
dmanthree
Senior Member
 
dmanthree's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Northeastern MA, USA
Posts: 1,678

Bikes: Garmin/Tacx Bike Smart

Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 646 Post(s)
Liked 289 Times in 191 Posts
I was on a Backroads tour of the Candian Rockies, and it included a 26 mile climb. But, as you likely suspect, the "climb" was not vey steep since the elevation change was so gradual. But it was a climb. But the other side, the downhill was much shorter and we had a blast descending. About a 10 mile downhill. Made you feel ready for the Tear de Pants.
dmanthree is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 11:55 AM
  #8  
burnthesheep
Newbie racer
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 3,406

Bikes: Propel, red is faster

Mentioned: 34 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1575 Post(s)
Liked 1,568 Times in 973 Posts
Originally Posted by REDMASTA
does zwift count?
Haha.

I once rained on a dude’s parade that posted a Zwift everesting to Facebook. Dude turned the difficulty to almost zero and rode at a nice easy cadence and almost no wattage. I pointed out “nice 15 hour ride, but that isn’t climbing”. Dude about lost it.

I was mean, yes. Shame on me. But don’t say it if you didn’t do it!

For me it was 2017 or 2018 AOMM. 103mi and 12600 ft. My gps reads high, probably closer to 1000 less.
burnthesheep is offline  
Likes For burnthesheep:
Old 09-05-20, 11:57 AM
  #9  
woodcraft
Senior Member
 
woodcraft's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Nor Cal
Posts: 6,016
Mentioned: 17 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1814 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 923 Times in 569 Posts
The Terrible Two DC is variously measured at 18 -19,000', so somewhere in there.

One TT shows (Strava/Garmin) 18,231, another at 17,733- slightly different courses.
DMD had a road closure, so was 15,848.
Mt Tam double at 16,545 and 17,021, and 15,500.
Fearsome Five 15,033.

Last edited by woodcraft; 09-05-20 at 07:12 PM.
woodcraft is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 12:07 PM
  #10  
Drew Eckhardt 
Senior Member
 
Drew Eckhardt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Mountain View, CA USA and Golden, CO USA
Posts: 6,341

Bikes: 97 Litespeed, 50-39-30x13-26 10 cogs, Campagnolo Ultrashift, retroreflective rims on SON28/PowerTap hubs

Mentioned: 9 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 550 Post(s)
Liked 325 Times in 226 Posts
Originally Posted by brunes83
I had this goal by the end of the summer to climb at least 10,000 feet during one ride, but it was hard to find that many hills. So I decided to do it over a 100 miles...that would be 100 feet per mile, which I thought was a good round number. I made a video to detail the ride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aleEZo4SNiU.

I'm just wondering, what's the most everyone has climbed at one time?
Supported multi-day: 28,000 on a 418 mile one week tour from Grand Junction to Golden, CO
Solo unsupported one day: 12,600 on a 200 mile ride because I wanted to hit Mt. Hamilton then Mt. Diablo, 2 of 3 highest SF Bay Area paved peaks
Solo unsupported century: 10,200 in 104 miles because I like loops traversing the Santa Cruz mountains

If I ever recover from @#$%^ COVID, now that one can bike from the East Bay to San Francisco I'd like to hit Mt. Hamilton, Mt, Diablo, and Mt. Tamalpais on one ride.

The Devil Mountain Double at 20,000 feet over 200 miles would be fun too except I don't like driving to the start of rides.

Last edited by Drew Eckhardt; 09-05-20 at 12:12 PM.
Drew Eckhardt is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 12:11 PM
  #11  
AlgarveCycling
Full Member
 
Join Date: May 2020
Posts: 425
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 167 Post(s)
Liked 291 Times in 163 Posts
I have no idea what my highest elevation or most climbed is since it was all back in the late 80's and 90's that those personal records were made during race tours. But in the last 8 days I've done two 114 mile rides (same route, once solo, then with a friend a few days later) with 5905 ft climbed. Today was 66 miles and 4600 ft which was a ride to our local highest point at 3000 ft.

The most I have found in the last year on Strava without going through every ride is 8392 ft on an 84 mile ride.

The last 6 days have been 269 miles ridden and 15121 ft climbed so far. (4 days training). Typical week.
AlgarveCycling is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 12:14 PM
  #12  
tomato coupe
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5,879

Bikes: Colnago, Van Dessel, Factor, Cervelo, Ritchey

Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3905 Post(s)
Liked 7,181 Times in 2,905 Posts
Two days ago: 123 mi, 10,255 ft, max elevation 12,183 ft. Not a personal record, but very close.
tomato coupe is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 12:16 PM
  #13  
rogerm3d
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 93
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 36 Post(s)
Liked 106 Times in 40 Posts
6,500 feet over 60 miles on a modern road bike, 4100 feet over 75 miles on a 3 speed road bike. Even though the 75mile ride was much less elevation it was much more brutal because of the limited gear range.
rogerm3d is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 02:46 PM
  #14  
indyfabz
Senior Member
 
indyfabz's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,050
Mentioned: 210 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18318 Post(s)
Liked 15,263 Times in 7,221 Posts
Around 8,000 during a metric on D2R2, so much of the climbing was unpaved.
indyfabz is online now  
Old 09-05-20, 04:24 PM
  #15  
Koyote
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 7,762
Mentioned: 37 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6881 Post(s)
Liked 10,869 Times in 4,634 Posts
I did a gravel race last year that was 9300' in about 80 miles, almost entirely off-pavement.

Done lots of other gravel races that have >100' per mile of climbing.

Also done some of the classic Colorado climbing events, like the Mt Evans Hill Climb. They don't necessarily have sooo much climbing, but it is concentrated in fewer miles. I think the Mt Evans race is about 28 miles long, with about 6700' of clmbing -- so, that's about 240' per mile, if I'm doing the math correctly.

Also done the Pittsburgh Dirty Dozen, which is a big climbing event in a city that, unbeknownst to many people, is actually extremely hilly.
Koyote is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 04:43 PM
  #16  
CroMo Mike 
All Campy All The Time
 
CroMo Mike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Posts: 1,425

Bikes: Listed in my signature.

Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 175 Post(s)
Liked 114 Times in 63 Posts
10,000 ft. in 111 miles of rolling mountaintop road from Front Royal to Waynesboro, Virginia via the Skyline Drive. Turned around and did another 10,000 ft. in 111 miles going back the next day. And repeated the ride a year later. Back then we didn't have the electronics we use today, so I took the ride promoter's word for the distance climbed.
__________________
My C&V Bikes:
1972 Bottecchia Professional, 1972 Legnano Olympiade Record,
1982 Colnago Super, 1987 Bottecchia Team C-Record,
1988 Pinarello Montello, 1990 Masi Nuova Strada Super Record,
1995 Bianchi Campione d'Italia, 1995 DeBernardi Thron









CroMo Mike is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 04:52 PM
  #17  
rosefarts
With a mighty wind
 
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 2,554
Mentioned: 12 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1072 Post(s)
Liked 841 Times in 475 Posts
The Triple Bypass is nearly 11,000 in 120 miles. It certainly feels like a bike day.

I have a lot of shorter local rides that have a lot more climbing per mile but are only about half that length.

In my younger years, before we recorded elevation change, I rode from Denver to Squah Pass then down into Golden up the backside of Lookout then home. It would have been possible to summit Evan's on the same ride, I should have done it.
rosefarts is offline  
Likes For rosefarts:
Old 09-05-20, 05:02 PM
  #18  
79pmooney
Senior Member
 
79pmooney's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 12,825

Bikes: (2) ti TiCycles, 2007 w/ triple and 2011 fixed, 1979 Peter Mooney, ~1983 Trek 420 now fixed and ~1973 Raleigh Carlton Competition gravel grinder

Mentioned: 128 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4741 Post(s)
Liked 3,860 Times in 2,509 Posts
My second Cycle Oregon and first on a fix gear, day 3 was to and around Crater Lake. 8800' and 88 miles. Left camp on a 42-17 with a 23 screwed on the other side, Carried a 12 and chainwhip.

Going around the rim, I passed up a right fork thinking it was a scenic stop. Left fork was a screaming descent to a volcanic bouldered and tilted "meadow" (Best descent yet" Over 1000' and fast!) Saw the meadow and knew I wasn't still in Kansas! (on the rim). Turned around, climbed the 5 miles back up and continued.

I don't know if I broke 10,000' or 100 miles that day. I was way past caring. It was just get me to lunch! Once fed, I was OK the rest of the ride but wasn't about to ride extra 100 yards or 50' up to complete any "goal"

Ben
79pmooney is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 05:11 PM
  #19  
caloso
Senior Member
 
caloso's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Posts: 40,865

Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Canyon Exceed, Specialized Transition, Ellsworth Roots, Ridley Excalibur

Mentioned: 68 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2952 Post(s)
Liked 3,106 Times in 1,417 Posts
10,000 in one ride: Haleakala surf to summit
caloso is offline  
Likes For caloso:
Old 09-05-20, 06:10 PM
  #20  
joesch
Senior Member
 
joesch's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Hotel CA / DFW
Posts: 1,719

Bikes: 83 Colnago Super, 87 50th Daccordi, 79 & 87 Guerciotti's, 90s DB/GT Mtn Bikes, 90s Colnago Master and Titanio, 96 Serotta Colorado TG, 95/05 Colnago C40/C50, 06 DbyLS TI, 08 Lemond Filmore FG SS, 12 Cervelo R3, 20/15 Surly Stragler & Steamroller

Mentioned: 10 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 597 Post(s)
Liked 767 Times in 490 Posts
Everest




often in my dreams https://everesting.cc/
joesch is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 06:26 PM
  #21  
ridelikeaturtle
Senior Member
 
ridelikeaturtle's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 1,259

Bikes: Bianchi Ti Megatube; Colnago Competition; Planet-X EC-130E; Klein Pulse; Amp Research B4; Litespeed Catalyst; Trek Y11

Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 596 Post(s)
Liked 476 Times in 258 Posts
Originally Posted by rosefarts
The Triple Bypass is nearly 11,000 in 120 miles. It certainly feels like a bike day.

I have a lot of shorter local rides that have a lot more climbing per mile but are only about half that length.

In my younger years, before we recorded elevation change, I rode from Denver to Squah Pass then down into Golden up the backside of Lookout then home. It would have been possible to summit Evan's on the same ride, I should have done it.
I did the Triple Bypass at least three times (it was a long time ago). Ah, the good ol' days...

I was scheduled to do L'Etape in Nice this year, 175kms and 3600m (11811ft) elevation gain Then COVID happened, so... maybe in 2021.
ridelikeaturtle is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 06:51 PM
  #22  
wipekitty
vespertine member
 
wipekitty's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Land of Angora, Turkey
Posts: 2,476

Bikes: Yes

Mentioned: 22 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 687 Post(s)
Liked 220 Times in 163 Posts
6200' over 100 miles. This particular ride was ~60% gravel, but most of the elevation gain was gnarly gravel climbs and rollers.

On a single speed fixed gear (running fixed not freewheel at the time), my max was 4600' on a solo 103 mile ride.

Looks like I gotta step it up! I'd like to do a 10,000' ride, and there's a local century route that nails it.
wipekitty is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 07:31 PM
  #23  
spdntrxi
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: East Bay Area ,CA
Posts: 1,762

Bikes: not enough

Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 188 Post(s)
Liked 86 Times in 52 Posts
110mi.. approx 11k. never again
spdntrxi is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 08:04 PM
  #24  
Flip Flop Rider
Senior Member
 
Flip Flop Rider's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: South Carolina Upstate
Posts: 2,103

Bikes: 2010 Fuji Absolute 3.0 1994 Trek 850

Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 761 Post(s)
Liked 553 Times in 320 Posts
so, you start at the bottom of some mountains and go up continuously? and then ride down as well?

or is it possible with hill repeats too
Flip Flop Rider is offline  
Old 09-05-20, 09:33 PM
  #25  
brunes83
Junior Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 16

Bikes: 2018 Specialized Roubaix Sport, 2019 Cervelo P3

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 14 Times in 6 Posts
Originally Posted by Flip Flop Rider
so, you start at the bottom of some mountains and go up continuously? and then ride down as well?

or is it possible with hill repeats too
I meant overall climbing, not just one hill. My ride I did several different hills (canyons to be exact).
brunes83 is offline  

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.