Roanoke, VA · mixed · mixed
RockStar Gravel
213.5-mile mixed route with 8009 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 48°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
- 820 min of daylight — you need at least 857 min. lights required for this ride.
66 /100
good
66 Road
73 E-bike
Best for e-bike riding today
Route map
Orange marker is the start. Click the map to enable scroll-zoom — the polyline is approximate; use Ride with GPS or Komoot for turn-by-turn.
Atmosphere
- Air temp48°FPartly Cloudy
- Wind17 mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 19O3 · Good
- Humidity66%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:50 AM
- Sunset5:16 PM820 min remaining
Best time today
10 AM looks best — 49°F · 16 mph NW wind · sunny. 11 AM is a close second (66/100).
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Wind on this route
17 mph crosswind — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the NW (315°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 145° · tailwind 1.8 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 307° · headwind 4.0 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 319° · headwind 5.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 43° · crosswind 3.9 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 253° · quartering headwind 2.7 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 285° · quartering headwind 4.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 337° · headwind 2.0 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 44° · crosswind 4.4 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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48°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10 −
17 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-6 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 +
AQI 19 Clean air
+3 −
820 min of daylight You need at least 857 min. Lights required for this ride.
-5 About this route
- Distance
- 213.5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 8009 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN
- Start
37.2670, -79.9391- City hub
- Roanoke, VA
- OSM
- relation 17603670
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.