Originally Posted by veteran_youth
A few things........it is nowhere near 50km to Bluffers Park from Parkdale......maybe round trip after a few laps of the hill.
Two.....the hill itself is give or take 1 km long, the steepest part being at the bottom where the grade is probably 15+%......if you can make it past that the rest shouldn't be any big deal.
Three.....I would say making it DOWN Brimley on a fixy would be the hardest part.....70km/h down that hill aint no thang.
Four....the beaches pretty much rules for hills. So when you come here to suffer make sure you visit me at work (Cycle Solutions) and I will show you some good ones!
Andrew
yeah, i meant 50km round trip from the north end of parkdale to to bluffers park and back. assuming you do a bit of a loop and not a straigt out and back. yes the spin down brimley is intense. i'd say harder on my hand as i only have one brake.
yeah a 15% grade isn't an exaggeration; your right that's the worst part, it does flatten out a bit then kick up at the end which i always found a bit tough on the ego.
on another note, there are other real hills around if you feel like leaving the city a little. bell school line (north west of mississagua) is notorious for being a "walker" as is pumpkin hill (past the holland marsh west of 400).