Originally Posted by
photogravity
Glad you got out and about today, since you might be laid up for a little while. That little hill you showed looks long and gradual compared to the ones around where I live. I coasted to over 46 MPH on last Sunday's ride, but it was a short steep run. Seems to me if coming up that hill is a bear, to use a term the guys in the road forum do, it's time to HTFU!
Looking at DD, I'd have thought he'd laugh at that hill.
Depends which one - if it's the pic where I comment about coasting down that hill is like a wall on the way up. It sort of rolls into it at the bottom, hits something like 15-16% in the middle and rolls out at the top. At the end of a ride, though, it's a killer. The other gradual hills I like to climb are all 15-17 miles from home in all directions (except north - that's the mtb country) and typically range from 5-7% and 2-5 miles in length. It's that short, steep one that is the bugger.