[gura]

I'll bet you were a lot faster than the Segway.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Not by much. 12% average grade for that long, with sections at 18% (and the last few miles were dirt) is tough. If you stood up on the pedals your back tire would spin on the dirt, and if you sat too far back on the saddle the front wheel got very light. So you rode in a very unnatural hunched position. At the midway point there is a very slight stretch of about 6% grade. It looked flat, and several people I saw tried to coast to rest and fell over.