Originally Posted by johnny99
You should try Mount Hamilton in San Jose, which is a 5% grade for 20 miles. That one really goes on and on and on.
Ah, Mt. Hamilton. It's a beautiful climb. Too bad it's an hour by bike to the base for me. I'd do it more often if it were closer.
The road was graded to allow a mult team to pull the Lick telescope to the summit. The road is actually 18.1 miles, 4045 feet, and 3 seperate climbs with short intermediate descents:
Climb 1: 5.9 miles, 1450' (4.7%)
Climb 2: 3.2 miles, 725' (4.3%)
Climb 3: 6.2 miles, 1860' (5.7%)
And just to make us all feel soft and weak:
When the Mt. Hamilton Road Race does that climb, the faster riders do it in under 1:10.