Originally Posted by Warblade

For the average rider it's steep. For racers its a matter of going faster up it. Like I remember last year at a Stage Race some damn canadian attacked going up a 14-15% grade doing something around 20-22 mph (serious ), needless to say my legs were lactic acidy for like a 3 or 4 days after...Ride more and 12% will get easier, buts it's still hard.