Gammon there is somewhere near 16-21% by Mapmyride!
Dave
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> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>To: Dave Minden <[email protected]>
>Cc: Mark Clear <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
><[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 1:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bikies] Can anybody tell me which bike route/path/lane/boulevard
>has the steepest grade?
>
>
>Another steep one is South Gammon Road, from Elver park to Raymond road.
>
>I can't get Veloroutes to give me an accurate answer, but its at least 15%.
>
>
>Quoting Dave Minden <[email protected]>:
>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> --
>>>>
>>>> Matthew (Mateus) Berigan
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>>>> 608-237-1596 (U.S. line)
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