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?
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> Dorothy Krause
> Dane County Board of Supervisors
> Fitchburg Common Council
> [email protected]
> 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?
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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! 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 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. 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 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.....
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 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&amp;msa=0>
>>>  


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