Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

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middleofnowhere

There is a rule of thumb for walking that x amount of ascending in a route is equivalent to adding y additional miles to the route (can't remember the numbers). Is there an equivalent for cycling?

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Nick.Earthloop in reply to @middleofnowhere

No, because 1km@10% + 9km flat != 10km@1%

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middleofnowhere in reply to @Nick.Earthloop

Yes, it would have to be a bit more sophisticated. Possibly x meters @0-5% = y km, x meters @5-8% = 2y km etc. Also possibly you'd have to factor in a reduction for downhill (then there would be how technical the descent was...) OK, I give up.

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