Fargo St. hill climb in LA

[OakLeaf]

This has been posted here before, but here's a story about this year's attempt (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fargo-ride15-2010mar15,0,3912612.story).

Anyone know how long that hill is (either total elevation gain, or surface distance without zig-zagging)? Other than plenty long enough. :p

[Eden]

Someone posted it to map my ride and that says its .13 of a mile, or about 686 feet.

Of course Canton Ave in Pittsburgh is 37%.... and cobblestones....

[annielynn]

That is pure craziness. I am have a heard time with a 7% grade. LOL

[LizzyBee]

Did you do it Oakleaf?!?!? I was going to go check it out but I got busy....The club that puts this ride on looks pretty cool, I may start participating in some of their training rides.

Liz

[OakLeaf]

Oh no, not me! I was just curious. We don't have anything THAT steep that's paved. (I guess it has to be smack in the middle of a city for them to pave a 32% grade!) I've heard of that Pittsburgh wall though, don't they include it in a crit they do there? :eek: Or used to, anyway?

[Eden]

Not a crit... (maybe you are thinking of Manyuck [sp??] wall in Philly - that one is in a crit). Canton Ave is in an unofficial race called "The Dirty Dozen" - everyone rides around Pittsburgh to 12 or 13 hills - the race is only on up the hills. Everyone rides together to get to the base of each climb. The person with the shortest combined hill climb time is the winner. Supposedly it doesn't continue until everyone gets up Canton Ave... but I hear that rule is a bit loose.

The worst I've climbed around here have been in the 20's - I think 24 or 26%.... one I measured on map my ride as about 1/2 mile long. I thought I was going to die! (BTW - Map My Ride doesn't seem to go over 20% so if you put your local bad boy in there it won't tell you the true gradient.)