looks like a good climb to me

sigorman85
sigorman85 Posts: 2,536
edited January 2015 in Road general
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When i die I just hope the wife doesn't sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it other wise someone will be getting a mega deal!!!


De rosa superking 888 di2

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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    Hmmn, do you think a standard or compact chainset is required?
  • peat
    peat Posts: 1,242
    Dam good.
  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    And then downhill the spill chute!
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    verylonglegs wrote:
    Hmmn, do you think a standard or compact chainset is required?

    Hard to tell from the photo but it's probably not that steep?
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,293
    There's always one...
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  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Looks quite fun, if not a bit short. Where is it?
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  • Elfed
    Elfed Posts: 459
    edited January 2015
    Pure speculation of course but the v made by the switchbacks looks around 20 degrees, which when split in half would be 10 degrees, equivalent to 17.63% according to Google.

    Anyone know it's location?
  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    I've never liked dams for some reason, and cycling up that one would not be a pleasant experience for me. I guess its the thought of all that cold dark water pressing down on drowned villages held back by a few meters of concrete. I stumbled across the Verzasca dam near Locarno on holiday a few years back. Apparantly its one of the highest in the world and was used in a James Bond film. There is a road along the top, and I thought about cycling across, but just couldn't do it. This is as close as I got, great place to cycle though. You have to climb over some bollards to get to it, but there is a lovely disused road that goes around one side of the lake (avoid the bits where half the road has subsided into the lake). Apparantly you can bungee jump over 200m from the contraption in the centre of the dam.

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  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    Elfed wrote:
    Pure speculation of course but the v made by the switchbacks looks around 20 degrees, which when split in half would be 10 degrees, equivalent to 17.63% according to Google.

    God knows what you 'googled' but 10 degrees is an 11.11% incline (or 1/9 in old money) ... Apologies to all concerned but wonky (primary school) maths bug me.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    type:epyt wrote:
    Elfed wrote:
    Pure speculation of course but the v made by the switchbacks looks around 20 degrees, which when split in half would be 10 degrees, equivalent to 17.63% according to Google.

    God knows what you 'googled' but 10 degrees is an 11.11% incline (or 1/9 in old money) ... Apologies to all concerned but wonky (primary school) maths bug me.

    10deg is actually about 17% (or 1/6 in old money).

    Apologies to all concerned, like... ;-)
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  • florerider
    florerider Posts: 1,112
    Let me be the first pedant :D

    Actually 17.36, or about 17.
  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    markhewitt1978 wrote:
    verylonglegs wrote:
    Hmmn, do you think a standard or compact chainset is required?

    Hard to tell from the photo but it's probably not that steep?

    Looks very steep to me.
  • Elfed
    Elfed Posts: 459
    type:epyt wrote:
    Elfed wrote:
    Pure speculation of course but the v made by the switchbacks looks around 20 degrees, which when split in half would be 10 degrees, equivalent to 17.63% according to Google.



    God knows what you 'googled' but 10 degrees is an 11.11% incline (or 1/9 in old money) ... Apologies to all concerned but wonky (primary school) maths bug me.

    I'm glad I didn't go to your primary school as you're completely wrong! :D:D:D

    10° is 17.63%
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    Ben6899 wrote:
    type:epyt wrote:
    Elfed wrote:
    Pure speculation of course but the v made by the switchbacks looks around 20 degrees, which when split in half would be 10 degrees, equivalent to 17.63% according to Google.

    God knows what you 'googled' but 10 degrees is an 11.11% incline (or 1/9 in old money) ... Apologies to all concerned but wonky (primary school) maths bug me.

    10deg is actually about 17% (or 1/6 in old money).

    Apologies to all concerned, like... ;-)

    Eh?

    In the instance of inclines, 100% = 90 degrees (ie. straight up) ... So 10 degrees equals 1/9 which is 11.11% ...
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  • gloomyandy
    gloomyandy Posts: 520
    I'd stop digging now, 100% is 1:1 which is 45 degrees... http://www.archtoolbox.com/measurements ... slope.html
  • Elfed
    Elfed Posts: 459
    type:epyt wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    type:epyt wrote:
    Elfed wrote:
    Pure speculation of course but the v made by the switchbacks looks around 20 degrees, which when split in half would be 10 degrees, equivalent to 17.63% according to Google.

    God knows what you 'googled' but 10 degrees is an 11.11% incline (or 1/9 in old money) ... Apologies to all concerned but wonky (primary school) maths bug me.

    10deg is actually about 17% (or 1/6 in old money).

    Apologies to all concerned, like... ;-)

    Eh?

    In the instance of inclines, 100% = 90 degrees (ie. straight up) ... So 10 degrees equals 1/9 which is 11.11% ...

    100% is 45° and the results don't follow a linear pattern.

    http://www.calcunation.com/calculators/ ... ercent.php

    Anyway, I was only guessing the slope was 10°, probably +/- a few degrees.

    That looks like a very long climb if you compare it the buildings along side, be nice to get some facts and figures.
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    :oops: :oops: :oops:

    How has this passed me by all my life? And why do the laws of simple mathematics not apply? I know gravity would get in the way but reality kills most theories so why does it matter in tnis case?
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  • Elfed
    Elfed Posts: 459
    type:epyt wrote:
    :oops: :oops: :oops:

    How has this passed me by all my life? And why do the laws of simple mathematics not apply? I know gravity would get in the way but reality kills most theories so why does it matter in tnis case?

    100% > 45° makes no sense to me either if that's any consolation.
  • keezx
    keezx Posts: 1,322
    100% : The amount of distance=the amount of ascent.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    I can post the maths, but I doubt anyone is truly interested.
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  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    Which underlines that the slopes we think of as really steep aren't that steep at all.
  • HebdenBiker
    HebdenBiker Posts: 787
    Keezx wrote:
    100% : The amount of distance=the amount of ascent.

    Bingo!
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Ben6899 wrote:
    I can post the maths, but I doubt anyone is truly interested.

    Which explains a lot in the world today......

    Dam will probably be in China. They seem to be responsible for the most misguided, idiotic engineering projects of our day.
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  • florerider
    florerider Posts: 1,112
    Looks like an interesting construction solution where labour is cheap and technology low.

    I saw some other interesting designs in Asia reflecting low labour cost, some Europeans just could not understand it, a bit like maths really :D
  • mallorcajeff
    mallorcajeff Posts: 1,489
    Can i throw 110% in just for a curve ball.

    Im going with type epyt

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