If you count the surrounding area (ridden by many cyclists in Madison) my
GPS-bike computer registered highest on Timber Lane just south of Mauer Road,
at 21% grade. This is the highest I've seen, including my riding on Forest
Service roads in the North Cascades, OR!
Dave
>________________________________
> From: Mark Clear <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 11:35 AM
>Subject: Re: [Bikies] Can anybody tell me which bike route/path/lane/boulevard
>has the steepest grade?
>
>
>
>Don't know whether it's the steepest grade in the city, but Old Sauk Road
>between Old Middleton and Ozark Trail is about 12%. And I curse it every day.
>
>Mark C.
>
>
>On 2/6/2014 11:15 AM Matthew Berigan wrote:
>
>Hi!
>>
>>
>>The city I live in is going through a mobility crisis as the economy here has
>>resulted in a bumper crop of cars on streets designed in the early 1900s.
>>
>>
>>There ARE a lot of bikers but usually those involved in public policy are
>>leisure/sport bikers and the large mass of commuters is mostly untapped for
>>their views.
>>
>>
>>I believe in data being used to determine best solutions for creating routes.
>>I'd like to know ifanybody can tell me what bike route/path/lane/boulevard
>>has the steepest grade in Madison (what is the grade and street name/numbers
>>so I can streetview it)?
>>
>>
>>They say our streets are too steep for people to consider commuting (and
>>there are some steep places but there are also ways/routes to deal with
>>that). They also say it gets too hot here (avg 68ºF-88ºF). I know.....
>>
>>
>>I'd also like to know if folks have any preferred tools for measuring/mapping
>>gradient. I've been playing with Google's My Tracks app but it won't work on
>>my phone - only my tablet:
>>MyTracks site http://www.google.com/mobile/mytracks/
>>An example from here (if you click on the end point -lower right- you can see
>>the data)
>>https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=212638913161739896841.0004ed42fb622ebc15c44&msa=0
>>
>>
>>
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>>083-8787-4929 (Brasil cell)
>>608-237-1596 (U.S. line)
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