Measuring the severity of a hill

UndercoverElephant

Psht! Only 25%?

One day, when I'm a grown-up I will kill myself on this hill.

iclestu

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Psht! Only 25%?

One day, when I'm a grown-up I will kill myself on this hill.

Am I alone in my immaturity in laughing at Hutton-Le-Hole?

A 'pseudo-french pretentious' dive then?

.... sorry :oops:

supersonic

woodnut wrote:

supersonic wrote:

There is a hill near me called the Whalejaw (or Jawbone hill) - is about 500ft in 1 mile, which is a decent slog in itself, but it is not even - bits hit 1 in 3 which just sap you!

I can vouch for the horridness of this hill, it hurts to even drive up there.

Sheffield has some crackers eh! The one from Ewden village to Bolsterstone was taken out of a road race because the riders couldn't get up hehe. I like good old Blake Street best, is not a hill, but a bloody mountain - need ropes and hooks to get up this one!

iclestu

supersonic wrote:

woodnut wrote:

supersonic wrote:

There is a hill near me called the Whalejaw (or Jawbone hill) - is about 500ft in 1 mile, which is a decent slog in itself, but it is not even - bits hit 1 in 3 which just sap you!

I can vouch for the horridness of this hill, it hurts to even drive up there.

Sheffield has some crackers eh! The one from Ewden village to Bolsterstone was taken out of a road race because the riders couldn't get up hehe. I like good old Blake Street best, is not a hill, but a bloody mountain - need ropes and hooks to get up this one!

cripes.

The scenic hills maybe just as bad but seeing houses, walls and buildings in the photo really bring home the severity of the gradient.

mudcow007

supersonic wrote:

woodnut wrote:

supersonic wrote:

There is a hill near me called the Whalejaw (or Jawbone hill) - is about 500ft in 1 mile, which is a decent slog in itself, but it is not even - bits hit 1 in 3 which just sap you!

I can vouch for the horridness of this hill, it hurts to even drive up there.

Sheffield has some crackers eh! The one from Ewden village to Bolsterstone was taken out of a road race because the riders couldn't get up hehe. I like good old Blake Street best, is not a hill, but a bloody mountain - need ropes and hooks to get up this one!

is some one having a wee behind a bin in that pic?

supersonic

Ha, could be - is a pic from The Full Monty, that's Gaz!

SimonAH

I give you the (an) answer;

http://luddo.freehostia.com/Climbs/Ranking.htm

okgo

God, is that 'The North' in that pic? Its true what they say aint it, its grim.

rick_chasey

Sheffield's brilliant.

Love it to bits.

SimonAH

Went there on a geography field trip back in the dawn of time when I was a schoolboy. Thirty posh southern kids split into groups of three sent off into Sheffield to find evidence of 'industrial decay'.

Three separate groups got beaten up and their stuff nicked :-D

supersonic

Wow, how things have changed! They'd be murdered today ;-)

Tis UKs greenest city tha knows.

The Rookie

This is the Hill I used to cycle up as a teenager
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=alkham& ... =12,0,,0,0

On a Gas pipe framed raleigh Hustler with 3speed sturmey hub.......it was less effort to walk up for sure!

My first car wouldn't go up it in second!

madtam

Living on a bit of a hill and in a bit of a hilly area I sometimes dream of wide open - FLAT - spaces. Up the drive and turn left up the 20% hill rising to 33% at the top and round the hairpin. Then it's a short gentle slope before the 0.9 mile average 12% hill with varying sections from 7% to 23%. After that it's level to downhill and I can settle down to steady riding. It certainly gets you warmed up on the cold mornings.
Actually I can and usually do cheat by riding down the ramp alongside the steps that drop down to the main road along the bottom of the valley.

iclestu

SimonAH wrote:

I give you the (an) answer;

http://luddo.freehostia.com/Climbs/Ranking.htm

Love #3&#4

Ahhhh - know someone somewhere would have constructed a formula and found a scientific measure...

Kieran_Burns

madtam wrote:

Living on a bit of a hill and in a bit of a hilly area I sometimes dream of wide open - FLAT - spaces. Up the drive and turn left up the 20% hill rising to 33% at the top and round the hairpin. Then it's a short gentle slope before the 0.9 mile average 12% hill with varying sections from 7% to 23%. After that it's level to downhill and I can settle down to steady riding. It certainly gets you warmed up on the cold mornings.
Actually I can and usually do cheat by riding down the ramp alongside the steps that drop down to the main road along the bottom of the valley.

So when did this thread become a p*ssing contest

roger_merriman

Kieran_Burns wrote:

madtam wrote:

Living on a bit of a hill and in a bit of a hilly area I sometimes dream of wide open - FLAT - spaces. Up the drive and turn left up the 20% hill rising to 33% at the top and round the hairpin. Then it's a short gentle slope before the 0.9 mile average 12% hill with varying sections from 7% to 23%. After that it's level to downhill and I can settle down to steady riding. It certainly gets you warmed up on the cold mornings.
Actually I can and usually do cheat by riding down the ramp alongside the steps that drop down to the main road along the bottom of the valley.

So when did this thread become a p*ssing contest

when do they not!

Initialised

So is the severity of the climb proportional to the rush of the descent?

Gay69

It depends on the angle of the rise, before I decide how severe the ride is going to be...

That and whether there's a saddle on my bike and how much lube I've used

clarkey cat

an ode to a special slope

You're such a radiant gradient
A smooth one, not a hilly one
Your red-rimmed sign says you're one in nine
But to me you're one in a million

SimonAH

Gay69 wrote:

It depends on the angle of the rise, before I decide how severe the ride is going to be...

That and whether there's a saddle on my bike and how much lube I've used

This wins the "most innuendo crammed into one post" award.

meanredspider

clarkey cat wrote:

red-rimmed

Unfortunate term given the post that precedes it... :shock:

FoldingJoe

SimonAH wrote:

Gay69 wrote:

It depends on the angle of the rise, before I decide how severe the ride is going to be...

That and whether there's a saddle on my bike and how much lube I've used

This wins the "most innuendo crammed into one post" award.

And the forum name is just the icing on the cake!!

memsley89

And here's me about to mention Brighton...
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/45429

memsley89

And for the very keen eyed amongst you,
the green rectangle in the distance is the velodrome...
and yes, even that is on a hill!

itboffin

Rode 45 miles today in the Pyrenees, flat boring in no way boiling hot or all vertical ascending all day, barely broke a sweat.

:roll:

itboffin

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