some routes in order of "effort index"

The "effort index" is taken from the "Blue Ridge Bicycle Club".
They define it as calculated by taking the total amount of climbing, dividing by 100, and adding the total miles for the ride (and rounding off decimals).
We all know that not all climbing is the same. 200 feet of gentle slope spread over 4 miles is not nearly as difficult as 200 feet in 1/2 mile followed by 3 1/2 miles of flat. However, the concept is still useful.
147 - Virginia Border Raid (veloroutes # 7391): 107 m + 3972 ft / 100 = 107 + 40 = 147

127 - Mt. Tirzah Tour (PUE-Treyburn-Bahama-Mt.Tirzah-Culbreth-Stem-G-P-MVC): 74.9 m + 4165 ft / 100 = 75 + 72 = 127

107 - HillFest (BeaverDam-Woodlief-MangumDairy-BoldRunHill-WoodlandCh-GrahamSherron-BG-WoodlandCh-GrahamSherron-JohnMitchell-SidMitchell-Green-LongMill-FredWilder-WesSandling-GroveHill-FlatRock-Evans/Suitt-GMoore-Pok/BG/NL-G-P-MVC) (veloroutes # 7462): 70.4 m + 3687 ft / 100 = 70 + 37 = 107

106 - Shoofly Don't Bother Me (veloroutes # 4147): 75.3 m + 3056 ft / 100 = 75 + 31 = 106

100 - A "Long Mill" Ride (aka, "Bonk Route") (veloroutes # 13052, but that was done via follow-the-road-beta and developed 3034 ft climbing; a later, unsaved click-by-click developed 3257 ft; use 33257): 68.1 m + 3257 ft / 100 = 68 + 32 = 100

88 - Range Rover (Butner out 'n back) (veloroutes # 26983, but the elevation data is SUSPECT): 65.0 m + est 2347 ft / 100 = 65 + 23 = 8881 - Long Assault on Flat Rock (GSherron-W'dlndCh-Holden-LongMill out) (veloroutes # 1677): 56.2 m + 2461 ft / 100 = 56 + 25 = 81

79 - Regular Assault on Flat Rock, w/ Beaver Dam detour both directions: 49.9 m + 2955 ft / 100 = 50 + 29 = 79
77 - Cassam-RobertsChpl (Butner out 'n back) (veloroutes # 26984, but the elevation data is SUSPECT): 53.6 m + est 2392 ft / 100 = 53.6 + 23.9 = 77
69 - PUE: Carrington, Boyce Mill & more, hill training (veloroutes # 26907): 42.7 m + 22608 ft / 100 = 43 + 26 = 69
(The gross climbing calc'd by veloroutes CANNOT be correct !!! May have to get someone with a GPS to ride and report. In the meantime, will use 2500 ft as an estimate.)

66 - DocNichols-Creedmoor-Grissom (veloroutes # 3121): 46.8 m + 1943 ft / 100 = 47 + 19 = 66

64 - BoldRun - WoodlandCh Ramble (veloroutes # 3435): 43.9 m + ~ 2000 ft / 100 = 44 + 20 = 64

60 - Hill training from Bayleaf Ch (incl "Harrington Wall") (veloroutes # 14212): 37.0 m + 2260 ft / 100 = 37 + 23 = 60

55- Hill training from Bayleaf Ch (veloroutes # 14335): 35.4 m + 1987 ft / 100 = 35 + 20 = 55

54 - my standard lake loop (veloroutes 7382): 38.2 m + 1623 ft / 100 = 38 + 16 = 54

52 - Hill training from BJP (veloroutes # 14151): 34.1 m + 1781 ft / 100 = 34 + 18 = 52

appended just for information purposes:

88 - NC Bike Route # 2 from PUE to near Greenville (veloroutes # 915) (eastbound data only): 71.9 m + 1614 ft / 100 = 72 + 16 = 88