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Frame and Wheel joined the Portland Velo Club Saturday Morning Ride (SMR) which attracted a large group of enthusiastic riders. The temperature was between 20-35 degrees for the duration of the ride and windy, but the roads were dry. There were some heroics at the sprints and along Shore Road, but the group stayed together for the whole ride, perhaps due to the presence of many strong riders, a tough head wind, the low temperatures and the instinctive desire to avoid suffering too much.
Frame and Wheel added a route to Dayton and Buxton to the Saturday Morning Ride for a total ride duration of 297m and a total distance of 90 miles. Average moving speed was about 18 miles per hour and maximum speed was 35 miles per hour. Maximum elevation was 190 feet and total elevation gain was 3,724 feet. Maximum grade was 10%, perhaps on Scottow Hill Road in Scarborough.
Frame and Wheel is yet to figure out what a minimum elevation of negative 89 feet means: Frame and Wheel did not ride into an 89 foot deep pothole or board the modern day USS Maine (a ballistic missile submarine) on this ride. Frame and Wheel guesses that a negative or minimum grade of 7% is a measurement of a downhill, but cannot be sure. Frame and Wheel is also not so sure that the elevation readings are accurate. Frame and Wheel is reading up on how the technology works.
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