CopperCyclist
Veteran
4.5%-9.2% gradient doable on the top chain ring with an 11-30 cassette with an ave power of 417w. Completed the 3.92 mile course in 18m 43 seconds. Not a hill?
Nope, not a hill just a manageable incline. If you don't have to change, you have far too much left 'in the tank' for it to be considered hard enough to classify.
I'm well aware that on this definition, what isn't a hill to some may be a mountain to others. I witness it whenever I go for a ride with the wife and she moans about natural undulations in the road!