Originally Posted by
indyfabz
While there are certainly PA hills steeper than 10% (there are hills in NJ with ruling grades in the high teens to low 20s), I think the OP is overestimating the grade, probably due to the fact that he doesn't seem to ride big hills often.
Yeah, probably am overestimating the grades, but compared to where I'm from, they are horrendous. Almost get vertigo at the top looking down. Hills were making my kids cry b/c they could not get up and down them either to get from my aunt's house to my cousins, just about 7 blocks b/t them. On one smooth long section where there were no intersecting streets, I coasted down w/ my 17 yo son. Both our bike computers were showing just under 50 mph when we reached the bottom. Crazy.