Climb Classification and Gradients

There are two parts to a hill climb, the gradient and the classification. The gradient is the specific angle of the climb at any given part of the climb, which obviously will vary on any climb, The classification is the overall ratting of the climb. Gradient Cyclist often refer the the gradient of a climb in terms of a percentage. The gradient when measured in...
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UCI Pro Tour Stats

All the data for these stats came from the UCI Pro-Tour website http://www.uciprotour.com. The term “Neo” is equivalent to a rookie, I guess it is a Euro thing. The age format used below is year:days  and the age is taken as of 1 Jan of each year Year Total Riders Neo No: of teams Avg Age Avg age of Neo Biggest Team Smallest Team 2006...
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Compulsory helmets

With the compulsory helmets law recently making the news again http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/16/2983587.htm I thought it would be interesting to set up a poll to capture people’s attitudes to helmets and if you think they should be compulsory And if you have any thoughts on the law please feel free to leave a comment
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Canberra’s Hill Climb Guide

Welcome to my King of the Mountains V2.0, now with improved elevation calculations thanks to some good folk on the Vikings cycling forums I discovered how extract the data from Garmin TCX files so I could graph the actual data and not rely on the rather clumsy screen grabs. In addition I have used Tableau to graph the data, which allows you to select and...
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