Thread: Mt. Doom
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Old 09-25-08 | 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by dark13star
That's only about 7% grade on average. Sure, you have some steep parts, but they are short.
I don't disagree dark, but I hit this hill EVERY day, at the end of EVERY ride, and sometimes with 109 miles in my legs or after hard workouts. When I first started riding again after a five year layoff, I was much heavier than I am now (25 lbs) and there were a couple of times I called Mrs. Pcad for a sag wagon lift up that stupid hill. That's when I started calling it Mt. Doom. On the USGS (US Geological Survey) Maps it's an old hill called Pine Hill, and our house is at the top.

Now of course it doesn't matter how tired I am, I manage to grind up it regardless.
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