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07-18-06, 02:33 PM
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Steep?
I'll be hitting this like Ike tonight.
It keeps going afterwards but only at a mere 20something%....
Correction: 27%
For those that doubt me, it is an actual road:
https://www.toporoute.com/cgi-bin/get...AXCUGXJMUBFDUT
It keeps going afterwards but only at a mere 20something%....
Correction: 27%
For those that doubt me, it is an actual road:
https://www.toporoute.com/cgi-bin/get...AXCUGXJMUBFDUT
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07-18-06, 02:47 PM
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Meh, it's 1/4 mile long. The Thighs of Cypress shouldn't be impressed by that.
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They'll be impressed when I ride up it doing a nose wheelie...
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just do consecutive tailwhips all the way up the hill.
Now that'd be impressive.
Now that'd be impressive.
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55% grade? I somehow doubt the accuracy of that value. The M1 Abrams tank is spec'd to climb a 60% grade. What's the point of a normal road that requires capabilities near that of a top of the line tank to climb? Can a typical car safely navigate a 55% grade? (Even in the rain?) What if some idiot tries a U turn? (The aforementioned tank is spec'd to handle a 40% side grade. Even it can't safely make a U turn.)
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Call toporoute.com and tell them their software is broken.
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Originally Posted by Hipcycler
WWTMD?
(What Would Terry Morse Do?)
(What Would Terry Morse Do?)
Cream in his pants?
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Originally Posted by Cypress
Call toporoute.com and tell them their software is broken.
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I rode past this road on Sunday, and it looked like fun. No bridges that I could see. If it turns out that this is the steepest road in MT, I'll grab my camera and hit it again sometime. I'd bring it today, but it's a digital SLR. Not exactly easy to carry in a jersey pocket.
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Oh come on Cypress.....take the camera for cryin' out loud. Just take an extra injection in the thighs and get on with it.....crush that little hills soul and take pictures for us along the way.
It ain't nothing but trash without the pix ma man.
I can't even believe I am reading something the great and powerful Cypress wrote....a camera being too tough to carry?
No, that's not the Cypress I know.
It ain't nothing but trash without the pix ma man.
I can't even believe I am reading something the great and powerful Cypress wrote....a camera being too tough to carry?
No, that's not the Cypress I know.
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Supergreg could handle it.
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Isn't the steepest road in the world something like a 27% grade - in New Zealand I think.... Or was it 37%....oh hell I went and confused myself again. Be back in a few..... 
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Originally Posted by ravenmore
Isn't the steepest road in the world something like a 27% grade - in New Zealand I think.... Or was it 37%....oh hell I went and confused myself again. Be back in a few.....
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Originally Posted by Cypress
I rode past this road on Sunday, and it looked like fun. No bridges that I could see. If it turns out that this is the steepest road in MT, I'll grab my camera and hit it again sometime. I'd bring it today, but it's a digital SLR. Not exactly easy to carry in a jersey pocket.
Have to ask are you coming back down the same road?
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Originally Posted by Hipcycler
Oh come on Cypress.....take the camera for cryin' out loud. Just take an extra injection in the thighs and get on with it.....crush that little hills soul and take pictures for us along the way.
It ain't nothing but trash without the pix ma man.
I can't even believe I am reading something the great and powerful Cypress wrote....a camera being too tough to carry?
No, that's not the Cypress I know.
It ain't nothing but trash without the pix ma man.
I can't even believe I am reading something the great and powerful Cypress wrote....a camera being too tough to carry?
No, that's not the Cypress I know.
Tell ya what. I'll check it out tonight, and if it happens to be the steepest, I'll ride home and grab my camera, then ride back. Double the miles, and pictures for you. Win/Win.
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Originally Posted by nova
Have to ask are you coming back down the same road?
Yes'm.
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Originally Posted by Cypress
Bladwin St. New Zealand - 38% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Street,_Dunedin
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The latter or something like it...............but is that sustained grade or just a grade calculation over a particular poprtion?
Well, I will keep quite about a road I have ridden that has a very steep graded portion. There are unbelievers here!
Well, I will keep quite about a road I have ridden that has a very steep graded portion. There are unbelievers here!
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I doubt that your data is accurate enough to give you a meaningful gradient number over a 0.06 mile distance.
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Originally Posted by jschen
Can a typical car safely navigate a 55% grade? (Even in the rain?)
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Originally Posted by johnny99
I doubt that your data is accurate enough to give you a meaningful gradient number over a 0.06 mile distance.
Why is it MY data? www.toporoute.com is not MY website. Complain to them.
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Originally Posted by Cypress
Tell ya what. I'll check it out tonight, and if it happens to be the steepest, I'll ride home and grab my camera, then ride back. Double the miles, and pictures for you. Win/Win.
NOW we're talkin'!