Steepest 100 foot section of Glenway is 16%, pretty hefty! (Mapmyride)
Dave
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> From: Matthew Berigan <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 12:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bikies] Can anybody tell me which bike route/path/lane/boulevard
>has the steepest grade?
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>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.
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>You all are refreshing my memory and I double-check against the interactive
>map which shows actual routes.
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>Dave - I see that Edgewood Ave. isn't officially a route BUT it is a killer.
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>I think that Seminole (Arboretum entrance to the Beltline) probably has a
>heftier gradient than Old Sauk (Old Middleton to trail entrance) - opinions?
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>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.
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>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.
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>Thanks for all of the feedback. If there are other tools being used (Strava
>was listed) please post those too.
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>MattB
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>On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
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>Edgewood Ave. coming out of Vilas Park up to Monroe street..
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>>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]
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>>Subject: Re: [Bikies] Can anybody tell me which bike
>>route/path/lane/boulevard has the steepest grade?
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>>What’s the grade coming up Seminole Highway south of the beltline?
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>>Dorothy Krause
>>Dane County Board of Supervisors
>>Fitchburg Common Council
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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?
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>>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!
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>>Dave
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>>>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?
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>>>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.
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>>>>I believe in data being used to determine best solutions for creating
>>>>routes. I'd like to know ifanybody can tell mewhat 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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