Mapmyride shows the famous stretch of Lombard Street in San Francisco, with
it's very tight turns, as 22%!
Dave
>________________________________
> From: "STRAWSER, Charles" <[email protected]>
>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 12:38 PM
>Subject: [Bikies] FW: Can anybody tell me which bike route/path/lane/boulevard
>has the steepest grade?
>
>
>
>
>My daily commute includes these very heavily used official bike routes:
>King St leading up to the square
>http://veloroutes.org/hillgradecalculator/?loc1=299+King+St+MADISON+WI&loc2=102+King+St+MADISON+WI&units=e
> (4.3% grade)
>and Carroll St on the square:
>http://veloroutes.org/hillgradecalculator/?loc1=30+N+Carrooll+St+MADISON+WI&loc2=22+S+Carroll+St+MADISON+WI&units=e
> (4.5% grade)
>
>the hilly parts of Observatory Drive are not official bike routes according to
>the city map (though obviously that does not keep many cyclists from using it).
>
>http://www.sfbike.org/ San Francisco Bicycle Coalition can give you much more
>impressive grades, I’m sure.
>
>chuck
>
>From:[email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of India Viola
>Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 12:30 PM
>To: Grant Foster
>Cc: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Bikies] Can anybody tell me which bike route/path/lane/boulevard
>has the steepest grade?
>
>Other nominees:
>
>Observatory Drive
>King Street from Wilson Street up to the Capitol Square
>And the hill leading into Blue Mounds State Park
>
>Matthew,
>
>Who are the "they" that you are talking about? Car commuters? Transportation
>planners? City officials?
>Your dialog may be different with each naysaying group.
>
>I recommend that you find a biking group in San Francisco and pose a similar
>question to them.
>You could also reach out to the League of American Bicyclists (LAB). They
>love data and advocating for bike commuting in the states (and beyond, I would
>bet).
>
>india
>
>
>From:[email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew Berigan
>Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 12:25 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Bikies] Can anybody tell me which bike route/path/lane/boulevard
>has the steepest grade?
>
>This is great and I like the Strava segment because I'm hoping for exactly
>that kind of detail. I wish it had min/max gradient.
>
>You all are refreshing my memory and I double-check against the interactive
>map which shows actual routes.
>
>Dave - I see that Edgewood Ave. isn't officially a route BUT it is a killer.
>
>I think that Seminole (Arboretum entrance to the Beltline) probably has a
>heftier gradient than Old Sauk (Old Middleton to trail entrance) - opinions?
>
>The place that always stopped me was the street bike route up Glenway St from
>Monroe to the trail. It is short but the grade was always a stopper for me.
>
>I just tried the google map bike route planning thing for Madison but it
>overshot the capacity of my Internet connection (pretty slow) yet the route
>for bike is substantially different than the same to/from for car. I wonder if
>google works in topological data.
>
>Thanks for all of the feedback. If there are other tools being used (Strava
>was listed) please post those too.
>
>MattB
>
>On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>Edgewood Ave. coming out of Vilas Park up to Monroe street..
>
>From:[email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dorothy Krause
>Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 11:55 AM
>To: 'Dave Minden'; 'Mark Clear'; [email protected]
>
>Subject: Re: [Bikies] Can anybody tell me which bike route/path/lane/boulevard
>has the steepest grade?
>
>What’s the grade coming up Seminole Highway south of the beltline?
>
>Dorothy Krause
>Dane County Board of Supervisors
>Fitchburg Common Council
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>608-271-7532
>http://friendsofdorothykrause.com
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>
>From:[email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Minden
>Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 11:52 AM
>To: Mark Clear; [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Bikies] Can anybody tell me which bike route/path/lane/boulevard
>has the steepest grade?
>
>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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