Calneva

[redden]

Anyone ride up Calneva to Mulholland?

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=574702

[Scootcore]

nope...have gone up encino hills dr before though.....that hurts....its just around the corner...

[big john]

I did it years ago on a touring bike, never saw a reason to do it again.

[redden]

nope...have gone up encino hills dr before though.....that hurts....its just around the corner...

Gmaps says thats more of a climb than Calneva. Is it steeper?

[Scootcore]

never gone up calneva....but encino hills is stupid steep....you will have to swerve around as it has almost no turns....its the closest thing to going straight up a wall ive seen so far...well, woodrow wilson has some steep parts too...

[redden]

wheres Woodrow Wilson?
I've gone down Calneva and it was pretty scarry, I was worried that my brakes wouldn't hold out.

Ever ride up this short hill on Wells? http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=575027

part of my comute home, I'm gasping when I get to the top.

[Scootcore]

woodrow wilson is in studio city...where mulholland starts near the 101..its nasty....never done wells, going to have to check it out

[redden]

Surprising how many steep roads there are in Los Angeles.

[Scootcore]

the hollywood hills have some serious humdingers...

[Scootcore]

sunset plaza, the climb out lake hollywood, woodrow wilson, encino hills dr.....all attention getters...

[ronjon10]

Yeah, I think the hollywood hills has steeper (though shorter) climbs than the Santa Monica mountains. (Except Las Flores and it's 1.5 mile stretch where the grade never goes below 10% and spikes up to the low 20% range)

That's why I like the Santa Monica Mountains more (except Las Flores).

[roadfix]

But nothing beats hills in mi bario.......Baxter, Park, Fargo, etc...:D

[Scootcore]

this is true....

[Raiderdave]

Fixer,

Went to lunch at Spain today, and afterword took my co-workers up Baxter in a Honda Accord. We barley made it up and at the creast the driver freeked and went right -- she would not drive down the other side! I guess you had to be in the car cause the look of panic on all their faces was quite funny!

We should hook up at Spain for lunch sometime -- you work weekdays around there? I'm downtown, so very close.

[redden]

Off road is a different world.

[redden]

But nothing beats hills in mi bario.......Baxter, Park, Fargo, etc...:D

After looking at Fargo and Baxter they are steep but less than a 1/4 mile in length. Never having climbed Calneva, Fargo or Baxter, I wonder which would be more difficult.