Originally Posted by
kudude
What's "the climb" in the area? Around here mt.diablo is roughly an hour (if you're quick) or in the south bay old la honda "olh" is another, slightly shorter benchmark. near berkeley we also have a 9-14 minute hill (that's work class speed to just a hair slower than me) that we time up. Anything like that around.
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Zoo Hill" is one of the more popular climbs in the are. It's about 2.3 miles averaging 9% grade, with some sections probably close to 20%. The average fit rider can get up it in around 20 minutes, and the record is somewhere around 10 minutes, I think.