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Where is the biggest, meanest, longest and steepest hill in Jo'berg?


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The reason I ask is because I've been toying with the idea of hosting a hill climb TT.

 

Would the hubbers be interested in something like this? Winner gets a cycling shirt saying he/she won - and gets the only one in the country - and ofcourse they get to brag on strava :)

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SBR has a few very serious climbs but technically not in Jhb, but just a few k's south east on our lovely upgraded highways.

 

Other candidates are Northcliff hill (although i heard some of that is fenced off now) and Munro Drive in Houghton, which has a nice little kick at the end, need to start of Old Eds for the full climb though.

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Thanks for the suggestions - keep em coming.

 

Do you think people will go for this? Was thinking of maybe doing it every 2 months on a friday evening with an official challenge for the jersey taking place only once a year?

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There is a formula the guys in the know uses to judge a hill.

I have gathered some data wrt the local climbs in SA.

 

This is the chart:

 

used to stay in sabie, the long tom pass is a biaaatch. The last few km"s is hell

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There is a formula the guys in the know uses to judge a hill.

I have gathered some data wrt the local climbs in SA.

 

This is the chart:

 

What about Old Howick Road (Pmb to Hilton,KZN)? Especially in mid summer in the middle of the day:)

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used to stay in sabie, the long tom pass is a biaaatch. The last few km"s is hell

 

Yeah, would like to know the avg gradient of the last section. Devil's Staircase indeed...

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