eippo1

Anyone find this road in the Boston area? Doesn't look like much, but goes straight up on the second part of the hill. Steeper than anything I have found anywhere near Boston.

I got most of the way up the hill, but then stopped dead. Got a foot out, but couldn't get any traction with the cleat so had a nice zero mph fall.

I failed this time hill, but I will be back (probably with a better gear ratio).

Deman Llama

I'm from Woburn originally, now in Philly. I haven't ridden that road specifically but I have ridden some of the ones in the area and none of those little hills look like much but they're beastly. A couple of years ago while visiting my family, I rode from their house on Arlington Rd. to the Minuteman bike path in Lexington, which means I rode up the hill on Lexington St. It was pure evil- 90 degrees already at 8am, and that hill just seems to go on FOREVER with little steep ramps all throughout and there's really no downhill on the other side so the only reward is not dying at the top. Next time I do that route I'm going the opposite direction. I think it'll be more fun going down it that it was going up.

eippo1

Lexington st is tough, but I usually hit it coming down as I come through from winchester and hit the small rippers, go down lex st and then up the Russel st double hill. If I really want to punish myself I'll go up russel st, then turn around and hit the hills backwards, which includes lex st and the ever painful Grace st.