Not quiet as advertised, but the ride today was still certainly a hill fest - 1724m in 66.7Km. That ratio would certainly be much better for the first 50Km though - if only MB would give these stats per lap.

Changes were made because once we got moving the consensus was that Cascades & behind the Wildflower garden would be a bit too wet so we hit up all the trails on West Head to Towlers and back. Yes, even Elvina on the way back - the gang loved it when some mad fool peeled off down there. Oh yeah - and a quick up and down Chiltern too, just for good measure.

Top of crazy descent, Jacks Track.

Almost done with the climbs (heading to St Albans) - junction of Jacks Track & Womerah Range.

So... what with being a nerd and all, I knocked up a small script just now that extracts the elevation profiles between two points in a GPX file (an export from MB will do the trick).

I thought it might be fun to do this and show certain hills we ride, you know - so people can get an idea of the challenge before doing them.

I can think that several of the Cascades climbs should be on this, Heartbreak hill at Manly and various others. Suggestions are welcome, comment below.

And then you get to the monsters!

Silly steep hills. Too steep to hammer down so it was almost walking pace down here. Doh!

New, smooth, wide, and hilly fire trail with lots of water bars. Well drained, high up, follows side of ridge. Suitable for riding after rain. Some views. I got caught on the trail in a hail storm. Similar to Terrey Hills but bigger hills and less sand patches.

Austria's Markus Stoeckl, 33, set a new world record at the weekend for series mountain bikes on a renovated high-speed La Parva run in the Chile's Alps when he hit a speed of 210.4 km/h (130.7 mph). He shattered an eight-year-old record by an incredible 23 km/h (14 mph).

From http://www.pinkbike.com/news/speed-biking-world-record-2007.html

Headcase*

Think this is vid of said ride... well... it looks very similar:

*I want a go!