What Does 25% Grade Look Like?

[SadieKate]

Fun article.

http://www.bikereader.com/contributo...ley/hills.html

[East Hill]

This morning teigyr and I were admiring the local toughie--what we refer to as Claimjumper Hill (at the bottom of Southcenter for the locals). It's a 21% grade.

I've ridden down it, and I've seen people ride up it. Slowly. Very slowly .

East Hill

[dex]

This morning teigyr and I were admiring the local toughie--what we refer to as Claimjumper Hill (at the bottom of Southcenter for the locals). It's a 21% grade.

I've ridden down it, and I've seen people ride up it. Slowly. Very slowly .

I don't even like to drive up that hill.

[Bluetree]

This one is an annual event in L.A.:
Fargo Street Climb

Baxter Street is another challenging street.

[SouthernBelle]

There is a hill on a route I ride regularly which runs 21-23% (it's a little oggly-goggly). Because of the way it's made it's pretty much impossible to photograph it and give the true impression. It's also been a road for well over 150 years.

[Eden]

cyclists coming up a 20% hill

[East Hill]

I can tell I am going to have to do a test ride up the thing and let everyone know how much fun it is. Perhaps I can get teigyr to video me one day struggling up it . It has grooves in the road base, though, to make it easier for cars to climb. Harder for bikes!

East Hill

[teigyr]

I can tell I am going to have to do a test ride up the thing and let everyone know how much fun it is. Perhaps I can get teigyr to video me one day struggling up it . It has grooves in the road base, though, to make it easier for cars to climb. Harder for bikes!

East Hill

You scare me

Honestly, I don't even like driving up that hill let alone down... ...we ALL know how I feel about downhills!

[mimitabby]

This morning teigyr and I were admiring the local toughie--what we refer to as Claimjumper Hill (at the bottom of Southcenter for the locals). It's a 21% grade.

I've ridden down it, and I've seen people ride up it. Slowly. Very slowly .

East Hill

augh! my husband admires that stupid hill all the time. my first experience on it was in winter fog in an old PU truck with weak brakes. AUGH! horrible.
now I just glare at it when i drive by.

[mimitabby]

PS Jiffer, you can't tell from a 2 dimensional photo what the percent inclination of a hill is, sorry. And I know there are much steeper hills than 12% right here in town, and I'm not using a flakey Garmin. Photos are deceptively, well, FLAT!