Originally Posted by
Hermes
Mount Hamilton is a different kind of climb featuring 16 miles of climbing mixed with 3 miles of descending (one mile and two mile descent). The climbing grade max is 7%. I will use the Race XXX lite wheels for that one.
You definitely want brakes to work on that climb!
I rode Mt Hamilton whilst in SF last September. I was riding for a time - on one of the two short descents, came into a tight blind right hander which had gravel on the apex... No way I was going to be able to get around, so had to straighten up and slam on the brakes. Luckily some motorists in California drive small cars; missed the rear quarter panel of the oncoming Honda Jazz by inches and only just pull up on the gravel verge opposite where it dropped off a steep hill! Haven't misjudged a corner that badly for more than a decade and naturally took the rest of this and all subsequent descents far more carefully!