When does an incline become a hill ?

[400bhp]

Shouldn't it be based on how long it is?

Exactly - it's a combination of distance and steepness.

I have just realised I don't call hills hills. I call them climbs

 

[psmiffy]

Exactly - it's a combination of distance and steepness.

I have just realised I don't call hills hills. I call them climbs

perzactly not all inclines are equaL


Come the revolution all inclines will have a cycling index sign graded in different colours so that there is no confusion

 

[summerdays]

An incline becomes a hill when I have to put a lot more effort up ... inclines are just flexing the muscles a little - so it has changed over time since I started (and mountains ... well they are for walking up or admiring their beauty aren't they?).

 

[mcshroom]

When you have two panniers full of shopping on the bike all inclines feel like hills

 

[exbfb]

One man's 100m is another man's 100Km

 

[Dan B]

One man's 100m is another man's 100Km

That must play havoc with road signs ;-)




My 2p: what cyberknight said. It's a hill when you have to drop into the little ring

 

[exbfb]

And my other 2p.

It's a descent when I get to go onto the big ring, woohoo !!

Only jesting.

I'm getting the hang of using the big ring at times other than flat out.

 

[ThePainInSpain]

When you get to my age every incline is a hill and every hill is a mountain but I'm dammed if I'm getting off and walking

+1, I'm with you NumbNuts

 

[Wightdragon]

When you need ropes to get the bike up!!!!!

 

[HLaB]

Hill is a hill, when you call it a hill

 

[david k]

Hill is a hill, when you call it a hill

but what about an incline?

 

[Rebel Ian]

I don't think what you call it matters but I am constantly redefining what is difficult based on other hills I have climbed. After I did Ditchling Beacon the first time I used that afterwards knowing that if I could get up Ditchling I could get up others.

I cycled a road in High Wycombe recently which although not that long was the steepest I've ever been up and again I now approach other hills thinking I've done that so I can do this one.

 

[HLaB]

but what about an incline?

If you call it an incline, its an incline; if you call it a hill then its a hill; if you want you can call it an undulation or a slope

 

[david k]

a slope is side to side, you can have an incline slope or a straight slope, i suppose you can have a slopped hill, it could slope on the way up and the way down

 

[johnr]

It's when you start breathing heavily