Timeline for Roads that look uphill feel flat and flat looking roads feel uphill. Possible causes?
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| Nov 16, 2015 at 12:07 | vote | accept | Vinko Vrsalovic | ||
| Jun 26, 2015 at 3:45 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBicycles/status/614278327461904384 | ||
| Jun 25, 2015 at 23:16 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | First and foremost, when you're coming down a hill it amplifies the apparent steepness of any approaching uphill section. And remember that a light headwind or tailwind can easily affect how "steep" the hill feels. | |
| Jun 25, 2015 at 19:08 | answer | added | Jahaziel | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 25, 2015 at 14:58 | comment | added | Carey Gregory | There is a particular stretch of road I ride often that is exactly as you describe. It appears to be a slight incline but I find that I lose no speed at all as I would if it were a true incline. At least now I have a name for it. | |
| Jun 25, 2015 at 10:20 | comment | added | geometrikal | Are the roads straight or bent? | |
| Jun 25, 2015 at 10:16 | comment | added | gaurwraith | The looks is one thing, but the feel on the legs should go with the real slope of the road... It happens often to me that the road looks flat or with little steepness but I need to go the easiest gear, but that's it. | |
| Jun 25, 2015 at 10:08 | answer | added | uUnwY | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jun 25, 2015 at 9:33 | answer | added | Popup | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 25, 2015 at 8:26 | comment | added | Vinko Vrsalovic | It's great that they have a name, so I'm not as crazy as I thought. But how and why does that happen? | |
| Jun 25, 2015 at 8:09 | comment | added | andy256 | Parts that look flat but feel as uphill are called a false flat. | |
| Jun 25, 2015 at 7:40 | history | edited | Vinko Vrsalovic | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 25, 2015 at 7:35 | comment | added | nerijusgood | Don't drink and drive? | |
| Jun 25, 2015 at 7:31 | history | asked | Vinko Vrsalovic | CC BY-SA 3.0 |