Originally Posted by
TejanoTrackie
25 - 40 % grade ? Are you kidding ? If that's really true, and I rather doubt it, then you won't get up it on anything but a geared bike with a granny gear, especially if you need to haul 240 lbs up it. And to all the rest of you guys telling the OP to htfu, I say liars
I will get pics of them tomorrow when I ride. The one I'm pretty sure I'm not exaggerating. The other I definitely believe I am, the steep one is really short, but so steep, while the not so steep one I just super long and at the last 2 miles of my whole trip so I am already wore out making it feel worse that it really is.
I have ridden the long (not so steep one) once, but I wasn't tired.
Over all, thanks for all the advice. I mainly just wanted to know if anyone else ever walked up extreme hills at say the end of their ride and if it was even considered remotely acceptable. I'm just going to keep giving it my all and I'll eventually be able to do it.
edit: am I also not under standing grade right? would a 25% grade approximately a 20 degree angle between completely flat and the actually hill? and a 40% be closer to a 35 degree angle?