Monday, 27 May 2019

Mileages and maps

Surprise, surprise!  It turned out to be hilly.  But not where you might expect, in north Wales.
I have included a hilliness factor, where 100% is a normal day ride around south west London...

Day Where Miles Ascent m mph Hilliness %
1 Home-Euston & Warrington-Birkenhead 71 437
62%
2 Douglas-Peel (IoM) 53.6 1,319 8.2 246%
3 Peel-Douglas (IoM) 62.5 1,277 8.9 204%
4 Birkenhead-Abergele 66.8 267 10.1 40%
5 Abergele-Beaumaris (Anglesey 51.6 530 9.2 103%
6 Beaumaris-Church Bay (Anglesey) 58.5 1,650 8.2 282%
7 Church Bay (Anglesey)-Caernarfon 83.7 1,191 10.2 142%
8 Caernarfon-Abersoch 68.7 1,514 9.1 220%
9 Abersoch-Barmouth 59.7 1,237 8.9 207%
10 Barmouth-Aberystwyth 62.3 840 10 135%
11 Aberwystwyth-Poppit Sands 62 1,914 8 309%
12 Poppit Sands-Fishguard 29 761 7.6 262%
13 Fishguard-station 3.6









Totals 733 12,937


Averages for whole days 63.67 1,107 10.02 176%

Interpreting the hilliness factor:

  • 0-50% : flat
  • 50-80%: quite flat
  • 80-120%: average
  • 120-180%: hilly
  • 180-220%: very hilly
  • 220-280%: extremely hilly
  • 280%+ : ridiculous


The hilliness factor is calculated as ascent in metres / distance in miles x 10, giving a percentage.  Or it can be calculated as ascent in feet / distance in miles x 3, again giving a percentage.

Day 1: Warrington-Birkenhead, 71 miles

Day 2: Douglas-Peel,54 miles

Day 3: Peel-Douglas, 63 miles

Day 4: Birkenhead-Abergele, 67 miles

Day 5: Abergele-Beaumaris, 52 miles

Day 6: Beaumaris-Church Bay: 59 miles

Day 7: Church Bay-Caernarfon: 84 miles

Day 8: Caernarfon-Abersoch: 69 miles

Day 10: Abersoch-Barmouth: 60 miles

Day 11: Abersoch-Aberwystwyth: 62 miles

Day 12: Aberwystwyth-Poppit Sands: 62 miles

Day 13: Poppit Sands-Fishguard: 29 miles

3 comments:

  1. Love the hilliness factor....and very glad you explained it.

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Thanks for commenting! I do get to see the comments but it's not easy to reply when I'm on a ride.