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Here in Chicagoland, there's no way I'd get 10k feet in 100 miles, more like 1.5k feet.
While out in Portland, my longest ride was 90 miles with 4800 feet of climbing (Parkrose to near Mt Hood and back, so most of the climbing was on the way out). That was a lot for me (again, remember I normally ride where a fixie has just the right number of gears). I didn't have too much problem on the steeper pitches — 10-12% — but would have been tapped out on really steep stuff, as I only had a 45-inch low gear. When I get my new-to-me Eisentraut touring frame dialed in, I think I'll wind up with something more like a 35- or 37-inch low. That should help a lot.
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