100 ft per mile over longer rides is plenty for me. Though it always depends on how steep that actual climb ends up being.
Originally Posted by
johnny99
100 feet/mile is hilly for a long loop ride (e.g., 10000 feet of climbing in a 100 mile day ride).
100 feet/mile for only the uphills is hardly anything. Even a freeway overpass is usually steeper than that. Around here, the easy hills are around 1500 feet in 4 miles.