The Joys of High Country Cycling
I purchased a new toy this afternoon but before I write up a full review, I wanted to give a glimpse of what an "easy" spin is around the Cheyenne Mountain neighborhood.
Exhibit A (click for full size image)
To try out my new toy, I embarked on the easiest ride I could just to get some data points to use with the accompanying software. But as you see from the graph above (X axis is distance, Y axis is elevation/grade), there aren't any really easy rides near home.
Three hills in 13 miles of riding, each with 18% grades and all above 6,100 feet in elevation. The 91 degree temperature didn't help any, but this post is just about the terrain.
There are plenty of flat roads around here but they're all 40-50 miles east of Colorado Springs so I better just keep losing the weight and learn to love climbing.
Here's the map (click on the image to see it on Google Maps):
And the .kmz file for Google Earth.
All the above data was collected and transmitted automatically by my new toy which I'll review here shortly.
