I¹ve been told it is 12% Mary Mullen
On 2/6/14 11:54 AM, "Dorothy Krause" <[email protected]> wrote: > What¹s the grade coming up Seminole Highway south of the beltline? > > > Dorothy Krause > Dane County Board of Supervisors > Fitchburg Common Council > [email protected] > 608-271-7532 > http://friendsofdorothykrause.com > > > > 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 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=212638913161739896841.0004ed42fb622ebc1 >>> 5c44&msa=0 >>> <https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=212638913161739896841.0004ed42fb622ebc >>> 15c44&msa=0> >>>
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