rangerdavid

Now tell me he wasn't high....... I bet he was F***ed up!! :-)

freighttraininguphill

Oh, you'll get a ride report all right Raw, unedited video too, which is my usual style with ride videos It'll be an even better video than Snows Road, which is the next climb I plan to treat myself to when the weight's all gone.

Irvent

First of a few roads that hit (and warn of) 20% grades in Laguna area. Part of the 7 sisters ride.

SpinDr

I rode Bulmer Bank at the weekend... 1in6 with a nasty quasi-hairpin left-hander!

arcticbiker

Fun with hills

freighttraininguphill

New climb from yesterday's ride. Ridgeview Drive in El Dorado Hills, CA. 17% grade:


Ridgeview Drive 17% grade by kittyz202, on Flickr

uptight

Ahh Ridgeview. Another El Dorado Hills favorite. I live in EDH so most of my rides end with going up Beatty or Elmores or Serrano. If I ever want to get home I have to pick one.

freighttraininguphill

Those are 3 of my favorite hills up there I think I posted pics of them in this thread too.

sbxx1985 

freighttraininguphill

Another new climb from last weekend's ride. Glenview Road in Newcastle, CA. I measured a maximum grade of 19% on this climb. Judging by how loud my breathing got in the video of this ride, this has to be the 19% section I made it as difficult as possible by riding into the steepest part of this switchback


Glenview Road 19% grade by kittyz202, on Flickr

freighttraininguphill

Here's a steep one from today's ride-Linden Ave. in Auburn, CA. I measured 25% on this one, and was able to climb it in the saddle thanks to my new super-low climbing gears.

The Hammerin' Wheels' website says it is around 23%.


Linden Ave 25% grade by kittyz202, on Flickr

freighttraininguphill

From yesterday's ride. These are both in El Dorado Hills, CA. This is Hollow Oak Drive. I measured a maximum grade of 16%, but looking at the video I can't tell where that section is, so I'm gonna post the 15% section:


Hollow Oak Drive 15% grade by kittyz202, on Flickr

Boulder Ridge Road. 20% max grade:


Boulder Ridge Road 20% grade by kittyz202, on Flickr

bbattle

Climbs here are often short and steep, the longer ones average out to something bearable. In town, I've found several neighborhood climbs over 15%. I climbed one on my fixed gear(42-15) and thought I was going to pull the handlebars off the bike. 17% grade was enough to give me pedal strikes as I weaved back and forth on the road. Thankful that it was just a block long.

https://springcity.org/rides/climbs.stm

South side of Keel has what I call the Right turn of Death where someone has spray painted 19% grade - Got EPO?

freighttraininguphill

I haven't seen anything cool spraypainted on the road around here except for this near the top of the steep Bald Hill Road climb in Placer County, CA:


'fi'zi:k' spray painted on road near top of Bald Hill Road by kittyz202, on Flickr

cato_mcfly

Thanks for the pics freighttraininguphill! I've ridden many of those, but not all--I'll have to go search some of them out. Just yesterday I was doing repeats on Beatty :-)

M_FactorX19

here i will add one to the thread. i took this while spray painting the turns for a bike race coming up in my area. there are propably 20 or so turns like this on this hill and it isnt even the hardest climb of the day. i wish i would have been able to take more pictures of the route but maybe another day. if anyone is interested in the race details and lives around NE TN; SW VA; NW NC shot me a PM and ill happy to point you in the right direction.

mrbUSA

Las Olas bridge and 17th Street Causeway, Fort Lauderdale

freighttraininguphill

You're welcome Beatty is one of the pics I posted when I started this thread It's a little easier now than it was last July when I weighed 195 pounds on my first ride up it, but it's still one of the hardest climbs in that area.

I found another good one on Saturday while looking for Boulder Ridge Road- Marble Ridge Road. It's steep and painful too. Boulder Ridge Road dead ends at Marble Ridge Road.

uptight

[QUOTE=freighttraininguphill;12616903]I haven't seen anything cool spraypainted on the road around here except for this near the top of the steep Bald Hill Road climb in Placer County, CA:

I've seen the Fizik logo spray painted on Chili Hill out near Lincoln/Ophir area. I wonder what they're up to. I'm sure I'll see a few more things on the ground next week as the Amgen Tour of CA runs right past my office next week. I'll stand at the curb right before lunch and watch the riders go by. Then back to my cubicle.

freighttraininguphill

I climbed that road recently. I must have missed it or I saw it and forgot to go back and take a picture.

sjmartin

freighttraininguphill

OK, how many here are going to say they can climb that in a 39x25 (or higher)?

Brimstone_

View from Suncrest. The road descends into the Salt Lake Valley in Utah.

freighttraininguphill

New ones from yesterday's ride-on a single-speed Dahon folding bike. These were taken with my regular digital camera on the way back down. I have a ride video of these climbs also, but this is better quality.

E. School Street, Amador City, CA (25% grade):

School St. 25% grade by kittyz202, on Flickr

Randolph Street in Sutter Creek, CA (19% grade):

Randolph St. 19% grade by kittyz202, on Flickr

freighttraininguphill

New one from last weekend's ride. This is Marble Ridge Road in El Dorado Hills, CA. I measured a pretty steady 15% grade on this section.


Marble Ridge Road 15% grade by kittyz202, on Flickr