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pigah
08-09-07, 12:28 PM
Anyone know of any? I'm thinking about something longer than a mile at >5% slope.

The best I've found are the three approaches to downtown Chapel Hill (Franklin, MLK/Airport, Pittsboro).
* jack *
08-09-07, 12:34 PM
Maybe you'd like Mt. Sinai?

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1214143
pigah
08-09-07, 12:46 PM
Looks good-- about the same as Franklin Street, but with nice scenery and without the cars whizzing by. Ahh, I miss California.
* jack *
08-09-07, 12:47 PM
I like to do that hill with a buddy - the lanes are very narrow... cars go real fast and there's one nasty curve.
skiffrun
08-10-07, 03:37 AM
Anyone know of any? I'm thinking about something longer than a mile at >5% slope. ... There are no climbs with elev gains of 264 ft in a mile unless one rides generally NW headed for somthing called the Blue Ridge. :) I think even Lystra does not qualify.
piper_chuck
08-10-07, 06:43 AM
Mapmyride shows Lystra gaining close to 300 feet, but it's in a distance of 2 miles or more. The best way to find hills is to get some topographical maps of the area and look for the roads crossing the most lines. I recall going down a killer hill somewhere in the southern part of Wake county, but can't remember where exactly it was.
jens5
08-10-07, 08:17 AM
A real challenge with the hill approaching Franklin St. would be ridding it today. 103 actual temp with high humidity forecast!:eek:

Richard:
pigah
08-10-07, 08:51 AM
I've tried that but was hoping I'd missed a good one. Here's one that I have always gone down, but it is 5% for .84 miles. Still not really long, but relatively steep.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1216309
pigah
08-10-07, 09:07 AM
A real challenge with the hill approaching Franklin St. would be ridding it today. 103 actual temp with high humidity forecast!:eek:

Richard:

I actually commute up that most days, including today. Thankfully, I have a shower at work. Yesterday evening at 6, it felt like a blast furnace going down.
pigah
08-10-07, 01:31 PM
One more

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1217000

.5 mile at almost 10%. Don't know if it is paved, though
skiffrun
08-10-07, 01:35 PM
... Here's one that I have always gone down, but it is 5% for .84 miles. Still not really long, but relatively steep. ... Luckily, the only two times I've ridden that were from St. Mary's direction, i.e., downhill. Been thinking about a long ride north Raleigh thru Durham and on to Pleasant Green and return to north Raleigh via St. Mary's, etc.. Guess I won't mention that hill to ride partners.