Disappointed. I used to live near DC and found one of the trails had a nice, steady 2-3 percent grade (with a few short, steep climbs thrown in for “fun”) heading away from my house. Then simply multiply the decimal by 100 to find the percentage. Here you really FEEL a 1 percent grade. Wonders is designed to foster a love of reading in all children. A flat road is said to have a gradient of 0%, and a road with a higher gradient (e.g. Approx. What are interesting and useful facts about these grades? Great post! if you put a percentage sign after that vertical distance, you’ve got your grade. Grade of an object’s physical feature, a landform or a line (plane) is used to indicate the slope of the thing being measured. Sign me as Disappointed. Grade can be expressed as the amount of rise over the amount of run, as a percentage, or as an angle measurement in degrees or radians. Click to see full answer Correspondingly, how … Asked by Reese C #1104380 on 1/26/2021 2:15 PM Last updated by Aslan on 1/26/2021 3:51 PM Answers 1 Add Yours. 10%) is steeper than a road with a lower gradient (e.g. 'Distance traveled' is the distance traversed between the starting and ending points, not necessarily the 'run' distance. Or suppose you go up 100 feet as you go forward 100 feet. Maybe stand up once in a while and accelerate. The first time I discovered that, I almost fell over sideways it slowed me down so much. Simply take “rise over run” and use arctangent (tan-1) to find theta (θ) – that’s your grade in degrees. If you don’t, welcome to “boy, I am just doing horribly today” for 20 minutes. Every ride I’m looking for that rabbit(full kit) chasing the carrot(commuter)that I’ll blow bye(waving) on my singlespeed(tall geared). You don’ even have to shift down to a lower gear; you just pedal a little harder. Tie a string at a fixed height on the hinge. Every project is different and there is no single way to set grade stakes for each and every job site. With that background, I almost snorted my beer out of my nose when I read this in your post above, “According to top physicists, it really should not be possible for pavement to stick to an inclune of greater than 11.9%; at 12% all the asphalt should eventually slump down to the bottom of the hill.”, Comment by Jeff Bike | 08.1.2012 | 3:49 pm. What is interesting about Baldwin Street is that its steepest parts are concrete rather than asphalt allegedly because on hot days, the asphalt would flow down the hill. And funny that you show complete darkness at 15%+, which is pretty much what I recall seeing when I was riding the stupid grades over in England earlier this year. When I am driving down the road and see a sign that says for example steep grade ahead 6% grade etc etc what does this mean? The Hill We Climb What does Gorman mean by following the lines. When climbing at this grade, you may find it useful to stand up, shift into one higher gear, and pedal that way. I shall answer these very excellent questions forthwith. At this grade, you wonder what the big deal is about climbing. In trigonometric terms, grade is the tangent of the angle of a surface being measured to the horizontal. Tie a string at a fixed height on the hinge. using 6 weeks ppi did help little. I'm sure you've seen a road sign similar to this before. Justin, you are correct. I gotta spread the ideas out, Mr. Most modern treadmills come with built-in incline functionality, allowing you to increase the effort of your workout by increasing the angle of your run. So I’d just steadily climb for a while then turn around and go wheeeeeeee all the way back home as it was pretty much all down hill. Written as aa percent this is 2.4 %. I always throw in grades (inclines) and percentages in the mix of problems. Left out and not even mentioned, why? Winds 40-50mph and i was riding my Zipp 808’s. 20 & 30% grades on Baldwin St? LA grade A reflux disease is defined by one or more mucosal breaks no longer than 5 mm that does not extend between the tops of two mucosal folds. Two summers ago I rode Mt. Fig.2 Hill Grade II: the fold is less prominent and there are periods of opening and rapid clos-ing around the endo-scope. *Tumor grade facts medical author: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD Tumor grade is a classification system based on the appearance of tumor cells under the microscope. A false flat LOOKS like it is a flat area, (or on the REALLY nasty ones, looks like it’s slightly downhill). A downhill road is said to have a negative gradient. I need more gears when I hit double digits. well, I am a fatty @ 250 and you completely ignore heart-rate and fitness level therefore I suspect your a < 2% body fat guy and there're not fat at all which means you are making fun of us truly fat guys. I genuinely appreciate the explanation and illustrations. Not the kind of grades you get in school, because how weird would it be if you got a grade in the class you’re taking on grades? The fact that you are able, even for a moment, to nevertheless make your bike stick to the road, just goes to show that you are an amazing person with tenacity and strength that approaches — then surpasses — superhumanness. Grade, also referred to as slope, is the amount of incline of an elevation, for example the angle of the side of a hill. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading McGraw-Hill Math Grade 1. In cycling terms, “gradient” simply refers to the steepness of a section of road. A positive number indicates an upward slope, and vice versa. We cannot guarantee digital codes are redeemable, or valid, as these are donated goods. Your mind goes blank except for the pain, you’re looking straight down at the front tire as you try to keep moving at a cadence of 7 (doing near trackstands between each downward mash). The stake at the top of the slope is called the. Kindergarten: BR40L - 230L 1st Grade: BR120L - 295L 2nd Grade: 107L - 545L 3rd Grade: 415L - 760L 4th Grade: 635L - 950L 5th Grade: 770L - 1080L 6th Grade: 855L - 1165L 7th Grade… Dust jacket may not be included for hardcover. Time Required: 30–45 minutes. Not to show off; to get dinner. The workout: 60-second hill repetitions at a 4% to 5% grade, followed by race-pace miles Do it: Warm up for 2 to 3 easy miles, then do 6 to 8 hill repeats at an effort of 7 out of 10. I am trying to figure out what cycling event to sign up for and the elevation is a bit frightening on some of these rides! Comment by Math_Geek | 08.2.2012 | 7:45 am, My mistake…I’ll go up the 45°/100% grade staircase to my study and think about the meaning of life and climbing in general…. We ride up Mt Diablo a couple times a month and the last section “the driveway” generates this feeling every single time… However, I don’t believe you suffer at all when climbing. When you’re riding, you’re either going up, or down. You may mark either stake as "cut" or "fill" depending on the landscape. Wonders: An Overview. Etna in Sicily. Comment by rjsmit1 | 08.9.2012 | 10:42 pm. Back to math-geeking, I can’t help myself – the calculation of grade is based on actual horizontal distance, not the distance you’d measure on the road. You missed 3%!!! "how sever is grade 1 esophagitis. Interesting fact: It is perfectly acceptable to serpentine up any road that is 9% or steeper. That’s what I do, although I think the number my Garmin picks is actually a number between one and twenty and is based on some brownian motion detector or something. When you’re on a 1 – 2% grade, you like climbing, and wonder why anyone else might not like climbing. (going up 14.05 feet as you go forward 100 feet = 8%), going up 100 feet as you go forward 100 feet = 45% I was riding up Broadway into St Louis, not a difficult hill or anything, just a bad area of the city and a bit into my ride so the spirit ebbs for a while. Fig.4 Hill Grade IV: Uphill running also provides a large neuromuscular benefit as you are engaging a large number of muscle groups, which work together to create a more powerful and active neural network. This grade is noticeable because you are aware that you’re climbing, yet still feel like you’re going quickly enough that it may as well be flat. You’d probably call them speed bumps. Until the last mile when I climbed a few hundred feet from the creek level back to the house. I appreciate this much more lucid and interesting explanation of it all. However, you’re not absolutely positively cooked. @Math_Geek: actually, he is correct. How do they feel when you ride them? For example, suppose you go up two feet as you go forward 100 feet. The larger the number, the greater the grade (or ‘tilt’). Comment by Clydesteve | 08.2.2012 | 11:10 am. 11% grade is the beginning of the death march. EXCELLENT POST Fatty! Ruling gradients limit the load that a locomotive can haul, including the weight of the locomotive itself. Cancer cells that are described as low-grade (grade 1) have an appearance similar to normal cells. Awsome! Are they what are known as hors categorie grades? You are correct about the asphalt because they use cement, otherwise the street would slump down the hill. The increased grade of a hill requires a forward lean, forefoot strike, and an efficient arm swing. SAE Grade 2: SAE Grade 5: SAE Grade 8: Screws are marked on the top of their heads, the exceptions being small (under about 1/4"), slotted and recessed head fasteners where there is insufficient room for head markings. ;). Always. This is to compensate for the increased friction that the wheels incur on the rail as they drag through curves. In your example the rise is 80 ft over a run of 3280 ft so the slope is 80 / 3280 = 0.024. 100 feet up in 100 feet horizontal is a 100% grade and a 45-degree angle. That’s an 8% gradient. Returning to our example, the rise is 2 and the run is 6. Each grade level has a range of .1 … Comment by Pat Schleck (the cyclist formerly known as MattC) | 08.1.2012 | 7:28 pm. Even when it’s raining, reason…I’m on my bike. I’m still chuckling at your illustrations! What do common climbing grades look like? Or — if you’re more inclined to make grotesque faces as you ride — as Voeckler. Thus, even as you’re doing the climb, you’re no doubt gathering details about how your legs burned (I recommend the simile “as if they were in a fiery furnace”), how your lungs burned (“as if I were breathing in the very fumes of hell”), and how you wanted to barf, but you had already done that and so there was no point. Seriously, I don’t really enjoy climbing anything that is longer than my roof from gutter to peak. Pound grade stakes into the ground on each end of the area you need sloped. SAE grade head marks. In this case, 33%. It gets into the 20s and 30s%. Being a Virginia flatlander, I notice when the air gets thin at altitude. Hill, R.A. Kozarek, C.E. I do 28% every day I commute home. There should be rankings of false summits…ooooh…that one is an HC-FS, or a Cat 1-FS. If I ever tried to ride in Utah, I’d be out of it quickly. Mark where the level string ties to the stake. Does endoscopic evaluation of the flap valve predict reflux status? Log In To Your GradeSaver Account. Fig.1 Hill Grade I: a prominent fold of tissue along the lesser curvature next to the endoscope. . lEXILE MEASUREMENT LEVELS. That’s a 100% gradient, and is also going to be pretty hard to get your tires to not slip a little bit. Riders who knows the area act all nonchalant like “What, are you getting tired early this ride, buddy? So a hill index is 4.0 is equivalent to an average hill gradeof 4% -- see above for the I am competent and comfortable if I keep mt HR under 135 At 68, my max is 150. You two make me want to be a better climber (and I hate hills, though I’m learning to appreciate them). Grade is also commonly called incline or rise. Comment by Full Monte | 08.2.2012 | 3:38 pm. Giving a date would be difficult but there are still many examples of the 1 in 5 type signs. But, mostly road grades are less than 15%. It is just like the 15% one, with the addition of blood & puke particles. So if you have a 2.2% compensated grade, on a 10 degree curve the grade would be reduced by 0.04% X 10 = 0.4%, so the grade through the curve would actually only be 2.2 - 0.4 = 1.8%. ENABLE JAVASCRIPT ON YOUR DEVICE TO FULLY USE THIS WEBSITE. Not to forget the most devious of grades: the “false flat”. I did a century in Melbourne, Florida a few years ago and although it was flat, it was during a tropical storm. Proof? It is under a mile, but no matter how low of gear i install, no matter how slow i go, it is painful. This can be simply understood by the fact that 8 feet is 8 percent of 100 feet. The kind of grades I study are inclines. By providing a comprehensive set of connected resources for all learners in grades K–6, Wonders offers elementary school educators the ability to adapt instruction with confidence as students grow. Password. nguvtv. A pond on your property provides a peaceful place for relaxation and helps encourage wildlife to visit the property. Yes, it’s that accurate. One of the things I HATE MOST is the false summit. Once you know these measurements, you can plug the numbers into the above equations, and figure out the slope. Suppose you climb eight feet as you go forward 100 feet. I prefer my climbs like I like my roof, short and steep. What about each grade if you have to take a dump. 1/4" x 6 = 1.5 inches. So, you’d take 2 over 6 (or 2/6) to get .33 – that’s your grade as a decimal. Biden gave Florida’s infrastructure a “C” grade. 00:27 This is demonstrated in this patient with the tip of the gastroscope at the gastroesophageal junction; the esophagus is inflated to assess pathology in an accurate manner. I am pretty sure this scholarly article has now been peer reviewed, and should be submitted to a physics journal. Run the string across the site and tie it on the toe tautly at the same fixed height on the stake. Shop for stake flags for sale from Johnson Level. The locals have marked every switch back with the percent grade. For Grade 1 hemorrhoids doctors will most likely recommend a hemorrhoid treatment regimen of adding fiber to your diet and trying one of many new over-the-counter hemorrhoid treatments. Mcgraw Hill Math 1st Grade - Displaying top 8 worksheets found for this concept.. NOTE: Graduate students enrolled in courses numbered 099 and below ( prior to Fall 2006 ) and 399 and below ( starting with Fall 2006 ) should receive undergraduate grades. Entirely agree with your assessment – we did it to say we’d done it. Hijinks ensue. In other words, you’re traveling uphill. You don’ even have to shift down to a lower gear; you just pedal a little harder. Comment by Miles Archer | 08.1.2012 | 5:49 pm, There’s a Strava segment that’s 560% grade in SF. This grade is noticeable because you are aware that you’re climbing, yet still feel like you’re going quickly enough that it may as well be flat. SO HELPFUL! They don’t get it. Here is a walkthrough for grading of a simple slope in one direction using grade stakes. This is what I like to call the “Last Good Grade.” At 6 – 8%, it’s still possible to feel strong. The difference between the desired grade (1.5") and the current grade (0.5") is how much you must cut from the toe stake. Unless, of course, you’ve been climbing a 2% grade for half an hour or more, in which case you might start to get an inkling of why someone might not climbing. Of course, you will get the same result regardless if both measurements are in … http://app.strava.com/segments/1520752. Sure, you’re going slow, but — you tell yourself — you could still stand up and attack if you really wanted to. In this case, you must dig down 1" from the bottom of the current grade to reach the desired 2% grade. It was exciting at first to see what was coming up and know what exact gear to be in for the corner. The stake at the top of the slope is called the hinge. This gives you a fantastic boost of power . Also, you will need to be able to understand complex quantum mechanics, and may even be required to do some long division. The big reward was the 50.7 MPH ride back down – wow! Hi Michael, "6% grade" is the slope of the road. would diet control help." You can go on at this grade for hours. The answers to these questions are as follows: “Much, much longer than you want,” and “Not if you make up a very interesting and dramatic story that has you coming off as a hero in the end.”. I have made my life’s work the study of grades. What You Should Be Feeling At Certain Common Gradients. But look out. The rise over run equation can be applied to set simple grading for patios, walkways or driveways. Clenbuterol not withstanding. Comment by Math_Geek | 08.2.2012 | 7:17 am. Unfortunately, the only showing off I have managed is not getting out of my pedals at the end of a ride. For instance, a student who is in the first month of fourth grade and reading on-grade would be well matched to a book with a Reading Level of 4.1. An easy-to-remember equation for finding change in elevation as a decimal is “rise over run,” meaning the rise (the change in vertical distance) divided by the run (the change in horizontal distance). What does that mean? Sure my rides tend to be longer, beating the grades so they don’t beat me. It is commonly said that Season 1 takes place during the first semester of their Junior years in high school, while Season 2 takes place during their second semester as Juniors. Same for the Hammer. Answered by Aslan on 1/26/2021 3:51 PM What specific lines are you referring to? Measuring the grade of a street. going up 2 feet as you go forward 100 feet = 1.15% Comment by Bryan Hill | 08.1.2012 | 2:42 pm. I am a 2nd year rider with 2k miles 2/3 on a comfort bike in Colorado. And you should feel to comfort yourself with those thoughts when you pull over and throw up. Grade Level: 11–12. Except you need a different icon for >20%. And then, suddenly, you are THE KING OF THE WORLD (however briefly)! To calculate the slope you divide the rise by the run. Take the arctangent of .33, which is 18.26. Practicing hills is form practice with a massive aerobic benefit. That is so amazingly accurate, and I have been there so many times. Pound grade stakes into the ground on each end of the area you need sloped. Or flat, I guess (I am not really familiar with that kind of riding and am unconvinced that it exists outside the imagination). What does this Road Grade Sign Mean? In this example, we'll be describing a scenario in which you will be cutting grade. That’s all?? Too often. I love it! Well, take a look at this image: You can see that what 8 percent means is that for every 100 feet, you change in elevation by 8 feet. 1-2% is great if you know it is 1-2%. It is a reflection of the grade level at which a student reading on grade could read the book independently. tampabay.com - Lawrence Mower • 2d. Well, climbing a 14% grade is kind of like that. In the Houston area we have lots of flats, they do exist. Here’s that Baldwin St, Dunedin, New Zealand segment: 1% – 2% Grade. Entries / Comments, How to be Popular, Part II: How to Behave, Same Day, Same Name, Totally Different Sports, Pat Schleck (the cyclist formerly known as MattC). I would have to assume his fitness level is a bit higher than mine. Not tall enough to earn any respect. Comment by Jeff Dieffenbach | 08.1.2012 | 3:47 pm. One route I like to ride I do a whopping 100 feet of climbing in 25 miles. We don’t have mountains like Utah but we got some hills. 6% or greater. OK, minutes. And that’s a problem here in the Old Dominion. How would you feel if you were overlooked? Or you can just look at your GPS when you ride. Depending on the method used to finding elevation grade, it can be expressed in different ways like decimal, percentage and degree. Not that I would know anything about that second strategy, because I always finish the climbs and never ever ever give up and make up a story about why I would have finished if I hadn’t had to rescue an overturned schoolbus full of adorable puppies. Go figure …, Comment by Grade_not_Angle | 08.2.2012 | 7:37 am. I visited my son this week in Salt Lake, who arranged for me to rent a bike at a local shop and took me to a hill called Suncrest. All my clouds have silver linings, I must be going downhill. He says something I can’t understand. According to top physicists, it really should not be possible for pavement to stick to an inclune of greater than 11.9%; at 12% all the asphalt should eventually slump down to the bottom of the hill. Determine the desired grade—typically 1-2% (1/8" per foot to 1/4" per foot) is enough to provide enough runoff. A positive percentage indicates an upward slope. So how would you describe the Dirty Dozen in Pittsburgh? % grade = (rise / run ) X 100 . Pope (Seattle) Since its discovery in 1956, the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) has dominated discussions of the mechanisms of reflux [].Attempts have been made to raise LES pressure (LESP) in patients with reflux and to lower sphincter pressure in patients with achalasia. Every angle is comprised the result of a set of 3 points being compared. Have you ever heard that myth about how bees shouldn’t be able to fly? Maybe the trees grew tilted because of the prevailing wind, or there’s an optical illusion in the lay of the land. Thank you for the guide including pictures! I was coming up to a guy sitting in an electric wheelchair about 10 feet into the road for some reason. At which point you have to sit back down and shift down two gears. Also be sure all your units are the same throughout. I teach college algebra part time. http://app.strava.com/segments/686663 In order to understand the rest of this very scholarly article (yes, I know it looks like a blog post, but trust me: this is far too intellectual of a topic to warrant a mere blog post), you will first need to have a grasp of some basic mathematic principles. Using the formula above: grade = 1.5" / 18" x 100 = 8.3%. I believe that what I have discovered will be of some value to you. bike gears for my hybrid (Trek 6.7fx)…so I did -34×11 and hills aren’t that bad anymore…I can climb without losing a lung or two (asthma sucks). I note that you don’t discuss climbs of 3 percent or 11 percent. So hard. Simple words and friendly gestures light up people's days in this sweet, inviting picture book about the beginning of the school year. Fig.3 Hill Grade III: the fold is not promi-nent and the endo-scope is not tightly gripped by the tissue. Assume the length between the stakes is 6 feet and you want a 2% grade. what risk treatments and how concerned should one be. I think you are a climbing machine and scoff at anything less than 15%. A temporary grade that converts to an F* unless the grade is replaced with a permanent grade by the last day of classes for the same term one year later. On a 100% grade, you would gain 100 feet in horizontal distance while traveling (a^2 + b^2 = c^2) 141.42 feet. Honestly, climbing a 15%+ grade is the most awesome thing in the world. (A heavily loaded train rolling at 20 km/h on heavy rail may require ten times the pull on a 1% upgrade that it does on the level at that speed.) Mainly, you stop thinking about your normal Maslowvian needs — food, shelter, love, etc. L.D. We rode down it first…, Comment by Lorraine | 08.1.2012 | 2:59 pm. (going through a wormhole 100 feet = 100%), Regardless, I still find it awesome to climb! Real weird, that’s how weird. I was told there would be no math on this ride. – FC, I would like to make one correction; the random Garmin number goes higher than 20; I saw 22 a couple of weeks ago…. – FC, Comment by Lonster | 08.4.2012 | 10:22 pm. In the image above, the end of this 18" long level, when it is horizontal, is about 1-1/2" above the roadway. Those deceptive grades (1-2%) work the otherway also, I think I’m sooo fit and could take on a Gran Fondo because I can go 25+km/hr without strain & I”m singing “I’m on top of the world looking down on creation” (I’m a first liner type of gal). That’s a 2% grade. Thanks for the illustrations…I used the terms mondo, killer and death knell to describe most hills. Deceptively simple, yet elegantly descriptive. You’re talking angles, he’s talking grades. This means you want to toe to be 1.5 inches below the hinge. When calculating elevation slope in degrees, it’s helpful to think of the problem as a right triangle. The diagram below shows the three basic aspects you’ll need to find grade. The process for measuring elevation as a percentage is the same as finding elevation change as a decimal, with one extra step. Among those in the know, the 1 – 2% grade is commongly called “The grade of deception,” because it leads you to forget the hard realities that steeper grades will remind you of. I really thought my son and I had a pretty good relationship, but that climb on a 95 degree day, starting at 4,500 feet above sea level with several miles at 8% was tough. Those silly little things are replaced with a few much more important and relevant questions: “Would anyone think less of me if I were to make up an excuse for turning around now? Comment by AKChick55 | 08.1.2012 | 6:54 pm. The percentage grade is the slope, written as a percent. For more information or help, refer to Johnson Level's collection of how-to guides. No doubt, this reporting is done by Baldwin Street itself, and also no doubt, countless other streets make this same claim (or hire a world famous, funny, and handsome blogger to do so). I really really liked the beautiful iconic artwork describing the various grades. Learning Objectives: • Students will be able to estimate percentages based on a normal distribution using the “empirical rule.” • Students will be able to use a data set’s mean and standard deviation to fit it to a normal distribution. Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time. Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Because 3% is tall enough to make you slow a little and work a little but you can’t even claim a KOM for it or all your friends will laugh at you. Comment by bikemike | 08.2.2012 | 11:15 am. At this grade, you wonder what the big deal is about climbing. You’re riding up the hypotenuse, not the base of the triangle, so a 100% grade would entail gaining 100′ of elevation while riding more than 100′ of road. Specifically, you will need to understand what it means to express a grade as a percentage. My climbing workout, when the climbs are combined, comes out to 6 miles at 8.3%, Comment by Alan Schietzsch | 08.1.2012 | 3:03 pm. Thirteen climbs that all have sections with 20+% grades including the steepest public street in the world (Canton Ave maxing out at 37% and it is cobblestones). Comment by BikerBoyz | 08.17.2012 | 7:31 pm. It starts at -95m – must be one of those underground rides I hear about after the fact. Comment: All of our items are donated goods, some books may come like new, or used with some markings and a bit of highlighting. Email. McGraw-Hill Math Grade 1 - Kindle edition by McGraw-Hill Education. You may see incline numbers represented in either percent grade or … Woe to someone suffering mightily on what they think is a flat. The 4 – 5% grades are what I like to call “The Best Climbing Grades.” As you plug along, you’re absolutely aware that you’re working, good and hard. Without including heart / physical conditioning in your study, you are merely explaining the mechanics of the hill/gravity. At least, until you get down to the ocean. What exactly does it mean though? It seemed Contador had a much easier time on them a few weeks later. Try grades in the mid 40s on Ortloft Road in Central New York State. Thanks Michael . http://app.strava.com/rides/14413094. Poor 3%, so lonely and miss-under stood. 5%). So, you’d take 2 over 6 (or 2/6) to get .33. Determine the desired grade—typically 1-2% (1/8" per foot to 1/4" per foot) is enough to provide enough runoff. Thank you! I always suspected that riding up a 20% grade on a 52×14 fixed gear was showing off. Comment by Jeff Bike | 08.1.2012 | 3:46 pm. Riding anything above a 15% grade means you’re showing off. Applications of grade include physical features like hills, riverbanks and canyons and construction aspects such as roads, roof pitch and landscaping. Instead your wheels should just spin, futilely. Transit levels can be used to help you figure out the angle created by a set of three objects, and the distance between each object relative to the other two. Does the Incline on a Treadmill Indicate the Grade?. I ride in the Clearwater area of Florida, and I can assure you that there are literally hundreds of square miles of truly flat roads. 8% is probably fine too. But those minutes kinda drag on, you know? For example, the elevation grade of a street could be 6.2°, meaning the street tilts upward 6.2° from horizontal (the horizon). Check it out on strava: http://app.strava.com/segments/1560584, My 39×28 low gear is still a knee breaker. I did the Muro di Sormano a few weeks ago – 1.8km, 18% average, ramps at 25%. 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