Wow, I hit that hill regularly doing the Riley Tap route. I have several alternate names for that hill, mostly "The Mean Little B*****d" because it is short but very, very mean. Good to know there's a reason I can't always get up that sucker in one try. ;)
-------------Patrick Lenon Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 09:52:02 -0800 From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [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 if anybody 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 -- Matthew (Mateus) Berigan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Campina Grande, Paraiba Brasil 083-8787-4929 (Brasil cell) 608-237-1596 (U.S. line) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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