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To work it is almost all down hill, but from work I go up 120 feet up a grade that peaks out at its end at 6.9%. 4/5th of the trip is fairly level, most of the hill climb is on the last 1/5. I climb a whole 15 feet in attitude for the first 4/5 of the trip, then 40 feet for the next 10% then 65 feet for the final 10%. Easy biking to work, more difficult on the way back (In the Summer I rarely work up a sweat going to work, but on the way home I always do).
Please ignore the two dips and one spike in the first 4/5 of the above chart, the two dips reflect the river level below the bridge I cross the rivers on. The spike seems to be the Cliff side the road I bike on cuts through, cliff side on the river side, steep hill side on the other. The road I bike on stays at about the same level as the road before and afterward. The two dips and the Spike are just errors in how Google earth does its elevation charts.
Every so often I do a longer trip, one to the local mall, only 6.29 miles away:
It is only a gain of 1274 feet, I know that is low compared to the Mountains out west but it is one of the highest hill climbs in the east. I walk my bike over the steepest parts. Now in the first 1/2 of the trip, the route only goes up in elevation about 350 in elevation. At that point I dismount and walk most of the rest of the way of the Mountain. I do bike the the two short downhill sections AND the last 10% of the trip on top of the Mountain. On the way back to my home or my office, I ride all the way.
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