That first hill isn't huge, but people drop chains when they try to shift to the little ring halfway up.
Plus, the pace doesn't slow down much on that hill, and there's a lengthy descent after it, so you don't want to crest it alone. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marco Piccirilli Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 2:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WVU Cycling] Re: NCState Race Come on Decann you live in Morgantown..... don't be scared On 02/02/2011 13:12, Brian DeCann wrote: > The longest "climb" is ~104 ft over 1mi, which works out to ~1.97%. > > Of course the next weekend at W&M we'll have to deal with the "dreaded > KOA climbs", haha. > > > > On Feb 2, 8:58 am, Fastest Fat Kid<[email protected]> wrote: > >> NC State's flier, along with W&M and Navy's, fliers are up. >> >> http://www.acccycling.org/files/Download/11NCSUROAD.pdf >> >> For those who are wondering, you can expect a killer 240 feet of >> climbing per 7.8 mile lap >> >
