Today was quite a combination of rides — hitting a new personal record of shortest distance to 5,000′ of vertical gain on the way into work and then hitting 5,000′ ft again in less than 30 miles on the way home from work. Both rides were pretty slow with lots of weaving on the steep parts and several roller coaster repeats. The best thing about the roller coaster repeats is that they are insanely fast in the 53×11 on the descents and then nearly instantly into the 39×28 — that’s a lot of wear and tear on the derailleurs. No wonder I have broken three front and one rear derailleur in the past year and snapped several cables.
Morning ride (annotated) – click to enlarge
Afternoon ride topocreator map – annotated – click to enlarge
Annotated ibike data from morning ride (click to enlarge)
Annotated ibike data from afternoon ride (click to enlarge)
Finally, here are the garmin screenshots:
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- skyland dr rollers in the morning
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- one to two climbing ratio plus opposite maxed out acceleration (this is on the s brookwood roller coaster)
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- new record 5,000′ vertical feet in 23.7 miles
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- 26 miles to climb one vertical mile (5280′)
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- one to two climbing ratio on top of vestavia dr late in my morning commute
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- morning ride – ride stats, temp, max speed, avg speed, avg heartrate, distance
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- morning ride – climbing ratio
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- Fast max speeds in the afternoon (annotated)
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- Elevation profile with max speeds indicated
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- Less than 30 miles to 5,000 ft of climbing on my afternoon commute
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- Afternoon commute ride stats – climbing ratio
Cycling Adventures with Brian Toone 