Hill Gradient Sites.

bluedog99
bluedog99 Posts: 183
edited November 2012 in Road general
Hi, does anybody know of any websites where i can find out the gradients of roads and hill climbs. Any advice welcome. Cheers.
Rourke 853 Team Pro Custom.

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  • simona75
    simona75 Posts: 336
    Strava.com will have gradients (albeit sometimes unreliable ones) of most hills if they have been made a segment. For detailed gradients of the more major hills and mountains go to http://www.climbbybike.com
  • bluedog99
    bluedog99 Posts: 183
    Thanks for the reply, i will check them out, i`m particularly interested in climbs around Greater Manchester and Cheshire / Staffs area Thanks again.
    Rourke 853 Team Pro Custom.
  • buckmulligan
    buckmulligan Posts: 1,031
    simona75 wrote:
    Strava.com will have gradients (albeit sometimes unreliable ones) of most hills if they have been made a segment.

    AHAHAHAHAHA! Good joke.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Also try www.bikehike.co.uk, it can show you elevation profiles and gradients for a whole route (rather than just specific climbs). It's not perfect but it's usually fairly accurate.
  • bluedog99
    bluedog99 Posts: 183
    simona75 wrote:
    Strava.com will have gradients (albeit sometimes unreliable ones) of most hills if they have been made a segment. For detailed gradients of the more major hills and mountains go to http://www.climbbybike.com
    Just registered with the `climbbybike` site, loads of information. Cheers.
    Rourke 853 Team Pro Custom.
  • sbbefc
    sbbefc Posts: 189
    www.strava.com
  • jameses
    jameses Posts: 653
    mapmyrun.com will show gradiants, although it tends to average out the gradiant if you're plotting a long route - some of the climbs near me with 20%+ sections only show as a constant 4%/5% over the length of the hill.
  • mcp73
    mcp73 Posts: 94
    www.bikehike.co.uk is reasonably accurate when plotting courses; Strava is less so.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    mcp73 wrote:
    http://www.bikehike.co.uk is reasonably accurate when plotting courses; Strava is less so.
    Definitely. Strava is close to useless sometimes, I know many local segments which are uphill according to Strava but in reality are actually flat or downhill. bikehike shows you pretty accurate elevation profiles and gradients, it's a really nice site.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    mcp73 wrote:
    http://www.bikehike.co.uk is reasonably accurate when plotting courses; Strava is less so.
    Agree with bikehike, in my experience most reliable if the bunch. Only for the UK though...
  • teisetrotter
    teisetrotter Posts: 342
    Hi, mapmyride as well. Seems less used so you can get on the honours board easier ;)

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