Granny ring teritory

[Dave 123]

http://webodysseum.com/various/the-steepest-street-in-the-world/

Well, anybody from this parish cycled it (either way)?

 

[Matthew_T]

There is a Strava segment for it: http://app.strava.com/segments/686663

 

[gaz]

Looks like a great hill to do repeats on. Said no one ever.

 

[Matthew_T]

A bike laden with panniers is not what I would choose to ride up it on:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_oW-ybRQ88

 

[ColinJ]

Not quite Baldwin Street, but Highfield Crescent, Hebden Bridge is a bit tough (Streetview) ... (I have never attempted to ride up it but I will have a go if I ever get fit again.)

 

[Trail Child]

Jebus. :0

 

[snorri]

A bike laden with panniers is not what I would choose to ride up it on:

Perhaps these are helium filled panniers?

 

[Matthew_T]

Perhaps these are helium filled panniers?

It didnt look like it.

 

[snorri]

It didnt look like it.

It doesn't require much play acting in order to appear breathless.

 

[RiflemanSmith]

It didn't look like there was any thing heavy in those bags.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I have one of those granny-ring hills near where I live, only a few 100m away, in fact. It ascends 61.5m over 350m distance, an average grade of just over 17.5%. The first 26m ascends 8.3m which is about 31.9% grade. I needed to use the lowest gear (which on my Vivente tourer, is a very nice 34/30 ), and stand up in the saddle, because I would have tipped backwards otherwise.

This is the hill looking down from the top:

Looking at the hill from a nearby hill:

A Youtube video I made to commemorate the occasion:

 

[Globalti]

There's a street in Padiham near Burnley, which rivals that for steepness but not length:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Padi...=asuxaJ6IDqhJ7SvB9MuMuQ&cbp=12,318.33,,0,9.32

 

[Durian]

I've not cycled up it but have walked up it. Fortunately there is a bench to collapse on when you reach the top.

 

[Dave 123]

I have one of those granny-ring hills near where I live, only a few 100m away, in fact. It ascends 61.5m over 350m distance, an average grade of just over 17.5%. The first 26m ascends 8.3m which is about 31.9% grade. I needed to use the lowest gear (which on my Vivente tourer, is a very nice 34/30 ), and stand up in the saddle, because I would have tipped backwards otherwise.

This is the hill looking down from the top:

Looking at the hill from a nearby hill:

A Youtube video I made to commemorate the occasion:

Good effort. I was tired just watching from the sofa!

 

[HLaB]

35% at steepest but on what looks like a good surface and with a good lead up, the steepest Ive been up is a 31% but on a crap surface with no lead up, it looks possible but I cant afford a 9000mile flight to find out