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Tag: Elevation

  • Google Maps Adds Elevation Profiles To Bike Routes To Help You Avoid Those Steep Hills

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    Originally Posted on TechCrunch From the article: Google Maps now features elevation profiles for bike routes. Google added biking directions to Google Maps and specialized maps that highlight bike routes a few years ago. If you are weak like me, though, and learned to bike in Holland, where the biggest obstacle is a dike, you…

  • Mythbusting the Elevation on Bike Tours

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    Gene Bisbee has this to say to do myth-busting comparing the elevation of the RAGBRAI and Ride the Rockies bike tours, take a look at the article to see hardest day comparisons along with average days and enough stats to make everyone happy. From his article: In terms of elevation gain — which should really…