jokull

There are no individually bad hills in Johannesburg, but when I lived there, this was my favourite training ride (starting in Greenside). The cumulative effect makes this a good ride: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Phil-Billy-Special Click on 'Show' then 'Elevation Profile' in the top left corner of the map to see the climbing

I wish I was still in JHB - I used to love those roads for training on - I was doing the hilly special I described above (or variations on it) once every month or so before the 2004 94.7 - the fittest I've ever been!

This all reminds me of my favourite training ride from when I lived in JHB, specifically chosen to be as hilly as possible. Here it is (with thanks to multimap for refreshing my memory of streets I haven't seen for 18 months!), starting near Emmerantia Dam, and finishing in Melville for Coffee: (it'll only make sense following it with a street atlas I guess): Emmerantia-Oliphant-Louw Geldenhuys-Hill-Sabie-Rustenburg-9th (Melville)-4th, go over Main (steeply up 4th here)-Motor-Warwick-Avalanche-Ayr-Banbury-4th (Westdene)-Thornton-Edward-Coronation-Meyer-Twist-5th-Gordon-Hendrick Potgeiter-William Nicol, through Hyperama carpark onto Golf Club Terrace-Ontdekkers-Christian de Wet-Hendrick Potgeiter-Doreen-CR Swart-Wilgerood-Christian de Wet-Jim Fouche-Hendrick Potgeiter-14th-Weltevreden-Ebony-Anderson-Frederick-Hearn-Louie -Joseph-Ethel-Norman-Rockcliffe-5th-9th-West-5th-Twist-Meyer -Coronation-Edward-Thornton-4th-Banbury-Ayr-Melville-Coffee!! Give it a try!