Quote Originally Posted by RoadRaven View Post
Eden... I have walked up Baldwin Street in Dunedin (last year in our South Island holiday) - and is damnedly steep - they have steps running up the side of it because steps are easier to walk than the grade - and anyone who has climbed much will know steps are usually more tiring to walk up...

How cars drive up it defeats me, and I think you would kill yourself if you biked down it (uni students have killed themselves in uni parties when they put each other in wheelie bins - for rubbish - and push each other down for "races")
Canton Ave (the one in the photo) is one way going up, mainly because it is too dangerous even in a car to go down.... I would think if you tried to descend it on a bike you might have your rear end come around on you or even tip over forwards no matter how slow you tried to go. Funny thing is I used to live around there and I never even knew about it until after I moved.