TommyPlus said:My weekly cycle is from lower Almaty up to the dam above Medeo ice skating rink.
I am reliably informed that altitude rises from 680m upto 2150m in around 18.5km
It's beautiful.
Netserk said:Just to give you an idea of the hills, this is the toughest (by vertical gain, not steepness) hill close to me that I'm aware of (it wasn't a part of this route):
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You don't know how much I envy you guys living close to real hills, or even proper mountains!
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=19650Vino attacks everyone said:Still havent learnt how to post a picture correctlyo)
But for the last 4 days my training ride has been up and down mt Ventoux.
thats 1 hard son of a *****
best time was 1:40:48
not to happy about it, but aint to bad either
Netserk said:Just to give you an idea of the hills, this is the toughest (by vertical gain, not steepness) hill close to me that I'm aware of (it wasn't a part of this route):
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You don't know how much I envy you guys living close to real hills, or even proper mountains!
I know how you feelRed Rick said:Since I'm from Holland and I don't live in AGR-country, every ride I do is exactly this: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. However, I'm gonna go start cycling in Nijmegen area also, where there are some small hills of 60m elevation
Red Rick said:Since I'm from Holland and I don't live in AGR-country, every ride I do is exactly this: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. However, I'm gonna go start cycling in Nijmegen area also, where there are some small hills of 60m elevation
Arnout said:Why would it be a dangerous stretch of road?