Road Engineering Analysis: Ride Around The Bear
By Chuck Bramwell
California Triple Crown Guy

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Elevation Profile for the Ride Around The Bear


These graphs were built using my Ciclosport HAC4 Computer based on Orange County Wheelmen's Ride Around The Bear of June 7, 2003.

The Ride Around The Bear has a long and great history. It has been rated "One of the Top Ten Most Difficult Centuries in the Country" by Cyclist Magazine in 1987 and California Cyclist in 1988!!

In 2003, we had great weather all the way with temperatures between 57 and 91 as the graph below shows.

Temperature Graph for the Ride Around The Bear

Ride Around The Bear Altimeter Measurements
Altimeters vary in their readings depending on model and weather changes
These measurements are sorted by Date then by Rider's Last Name

If you have a measurement, please e-mail the Date, your Name,
the Make and Model of computer, and the Feet of Climbing you recorded
to me at CBrams@CalTripleCrown.com

Date Name Avocet 50
Feet
of Climbing		 Cateye
CC-AT100
Feet of
Climbing		 Ciclosport
HAC4
Feet of
Climbing		 Polar
S710
Feet of
Climbing
           
06/11/94 Frank Neal 9000      
06/10/95 Frank Neal 9090      
06/15/96 Chuck Bramwell 9090      
06/06/98 Chuck Bramwell 9340      
06/06/98 Frank Neal 9000      
06/12/99 Chuck Bramwell 9120      
06/12/99 Frank Neal   9800    
06/10/00 Chuck Bramwell 9220      
06/10/00 Frank Neal   9890    
06/09/01 Chuck Bramwell 9070      
06/09/01 Frank Neal   9790    
06/08/02 Chuck Bramwell 9030      
06/08/02 Frank Neal   9960    
06/07/03 Chuck Bramwell     8980  
06/07/03 Alex Irizari       9081
06/07/03 Cheryl Scherr       9281
           
**** Averages   9107 9860 8980 9181
**** % over Avocet Feet of Climbing   8.3% -1.4% 0.8%
           
**** Average of All Readings 9296        

Percent Completion Analysis
Over TWO THIRDS of the climbing is completed in the first 35 miles!!

  Mile
on HAC4		 Feet of
Climbing
on HAC4		 %
Miles
Completed		 %
Climbing
Completed
         
Start 0.0 0 0.0% 0.0%
Elevation 3000 Sign 20.7 2510 20.4% 28.0%
RS1 at Turnout 24.8 3960 24.5% 44.1%
Elevation 5000 Sign 26.2 4400 25.8% 49.0%
Elevation 6000 Sign 29.5 5340 29.1% 59.5%
RS2 at Snow Valley 35.5 6130 35.0% 68.3%
Elevation 7000 Sign 36.4 6340 35.9% 70.6%
RS3 at Big Bear Lake 45.9 6670 45.3% 74.3%
Elevation 7000 Sign 56.3 7090 55.5% 79.0%
Elevation 8000 Sign 60.8 7990 60.0% 89.0%
RS4 at Onyx Summit 62.7 8410 61.8% 93.7%
Elevation 8000 Sign 64.5 8410 63.6% 93.7%
Elevation 7000 Sign 68.1 8410 67.2% 93.7%
Elevation 6000 Sign 79.5 8920 78.4% 99.3%
Finish 101.4 8980 100.0% 100.0%


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