Chapman's Peak

[MTB_Roadie]

The mast is comparable to the Col de Peyresourde in all but surface (half dirt) and altitude (starts at sea level). Col de Peyresourde is a Category 1 tour de france climb - so yes it is definitely a hill.

 

http://www.climbbybi...MountainID=6329

 

I just wanted to sound brave

[scotty]

Sylvia's pass in east Jhb and in south Jhb bottom of Kliprivier to top are good rides, but as mentioned in other posts best preparation will be Suikerbosrand

[Bike Mob]

I reckon anything that takes over 50 minutes to go up only is considered a "hill".

I can't wait to resume training and ascend this monster climb. Ave gradient of the tar is 10% so it,s a little steep too.

[TimW]

Obviously not "today's" Tour stage ... think it was from 2009 Tour.

['Dale]

Just sit on the trainer really close to the fan with the wind blowing you all over the place......

[DirtyFrank]

Sikerbosrand route profile - best road riding spot in Gauteng

Sylvia's pass in east Jhb and in south Jhb bottom of Kliprivier to top are good rides, but as mentioned in other posts best preparation will be Suikerbosrand

Edited December 8, 2011 by DirtyFrank

[DJR]

Obviously not "today's" Tour stage ... think it was from 2009 Tour.

Very cool comparison!

[Lucky Luke.]

eish enough armchair climbing I am going to do some repeats on ou kaaps.

[Heckflosse]

Obviously not "today's" Tour stage ... think it was from 2009 Tour.

SHEEEEEESH....Mount Ventoux is a B*%@#$, with this comparison; I have a new found respect for tour cyclist.

[Zac.A]

It shows that what we think are hills are only little bumps.

 

Saving up for a trip to France to ride up some of the alps for a week, i'm sure it will give me a new perspective of our "hills"

[Bianchisti]

 

 

Chappies from Noordhoek (excluding little chappies) is 2.35km, climb of 103m, so average gradient of 4.38% .... lots less than most people think. Remember that its not a constant gradient, steepest bit is 8.1%

 

Suikerbossie is slightly steeper average 6% for 2.1km (from the traffic lights) and is much more constant than Chappies

 

Does anyone have a route profile of the course/particularly these sections? The official one doesn't look very accurate?

Thanks

Edited January 21, 2012 by TMobile

[Tiny K]

Does anyone have a route profile of the course/particularly these sections? The official one doesn't look very accurate?

Thanks

 

Here is a link to the route map and profile.

 

Smits form 48.2Km

Little chappies starts at 77Km mark

Chappies the climb after the dip 80km mark

Suikerbossie is from around the 90Km mark

 

Edit: here is my Garmin route map - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/72819125

Edited January 21, 2012 by Tiny K

[Bianchisti]

Thanks Tiny

[Shebeen]

lot's of answers here:

 

http://www.safelyhome.co.za/chapmanspeak/chapmanspeak.pdf

 

what i don't understand is how this can cost R55m

440m^2 of office space..let's be fancy and go for R20k per square = R8.8m

170m^2 of storage - even at R5k per square = R0.850m

toll booth structure...?R2m?

in total that's all under R12m.

 

what have i done wrong, why is their cost more than four times above my exhorbitant figures?

[Dicky DQ]

lot's of answers here:

 

http://www.safelyhom...hapmanspeak.pdf

 

what i don't understand is how this can cost R55m

440m^2 of office space..let's be fancy and go for R20k per square = R8.8m

170m^2 of storage - even at R5k per square = R0.850m

toll booth structure...?R2m?

in total that's all under R12m.

 

what have i done wrong, why is their cost more than four times above my exhorbitant figures?

Got me there too. I agree it is needed, but looking at the plans I can't see R 55M.

[covie]

 

Kind of funny, what you show there is the same profile as dorstberg on meerendal, and we do that with marbles (loose rocks) and some sections has a gradient of 19degrees., with ruts with loose sand, and we do that just for the fun of it not even for excersize.