Addiction I
07-13-10 | 09:55 PM
#9676
Mostly Harmless
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 58,907
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From: Norfolk, VA
Bikes: Have two wheels
Tulex has a stalker.
07-13-10 | 09:58 PM
#9678
VFL For Life
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 54,150
Likes: 2,429
From: Knoxville, TN
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
07-13-10 | 10:02 PM
#9680
he said member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 13,813
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From: is everything
Bikes: yes please
07-13-10 | 10:02 PM
#9681
Junk Mile Junkie
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 6,465
Likes: 2
From: Webster, NY
Never mind, I'm the idiot, just reread your post, they are right there.
07-13-10 | 10:04 PM
#9683
Junk Mile Junkie
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 6,465
Likes: 2
From: Webster, NY
I don't think I can climb over 12%, certainly not after 90 miles.
07-13-10 | 10:06 PM
#9684
VFL For Life
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 54,150
Likes: 2,429
From: Knoxville, TN
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
As I posted at the time:
They aren't as big as the mountains between here and North Carolina.
Note: As for the gradients of the climbs É. The mountains increase in difficulty. Suck Creek is long and gentle - around 5 miles at a 4-6% grade. Sand is shorter and slightly steeper - 2.5 miles at a 6-7% grade, with steeper switchbacks. Lookout is by far the steepest - 2.3 miles at a 8-10% grade with a 16-18% grade at the top.
07-13-10 | 10:07 PM
#9685
he said member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 13,813
Likes: 1,952
From: is everything
Bikes: yes please
6 more days till I can ride. sucks. The worst part is I am working in Portland Or. surrounded by bikes. I saw a Litespeed some idiot had converted to fixed, and a beautiful Bianchi, similarly mutilated, with a little lady pushing it up a hill. Oh, the humanity!
07-13-10 | 10:08 PM
#9686
Junk Mile Junkie
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 6,465
Likes: 2
From: Webster, NY
Why is it that you can't ride?
07-13-10 | 10:08 PM
#9687
he said member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 13,813
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From: is everything
Bikes: yes please
07-13-10 | 10:09 PM
#9688
he said member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 13,813
Likes: 1,952
From: is everything
Bikes: yes please
07-13-10 | 10:09 PM
#9689
VFL For Life
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 54,150
Likes: 2,429
From: Knoxville, TN
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
07-13-10 | 10:09 PM
#9690
Junk Mile Junkie
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 6,465
Likes: 2
From: Webster, NY
07-13-10 | 10:12 PM
#9692
he said member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 13,813
Likes: 1,952
From: is everything
Bikes: yes please
07-13-10 | 10:13 PM
#9693
he said member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 13,813
Likes: 1,952
From: is everything
Bikes: yes please
07-13-10 | 10:15 PM
#9694
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 9,458
Likes: 16
From: Colorado
Bikes: Something Canadian, something Italian, something American, and something German
30.6%
07-13-10 | 10:16 PM
#9695
VFL For Life
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 54,150
Likes: 2,429
From: Knoxville, TN
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
No, I guesstimate the slog part is closer to 8% than 10%.
07-13-10 | 10:16 PM
#9696
Junk Mile Junkie
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 6,465
Likes: 2
From: Webster, NY
I have a ride that I do. It's 20 miles exactly. It's mostly flat except for 3 valleys. So, out and back, I get 6 hills. The worst hill is the one I turn around at after I climb it. It's .4 miles at 10%. The rest are all about 7%. Gives me about 1300 feet of climbing. That's enough to make me take a nap when I'm done.
07-13-10 | 10:17 PM
#9697
he said member
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From: is everything
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what is it now?
07-13-10 | 10:18 PM
#9699
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 9,458
Likes: 16
From: Colorado
Bikes: Something Canadian, something Italian, something American, and something German
07-13-10 | 10:21 PM
#9700
he said member
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Posts: 13,813
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From: is everything
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