Barker Posted September 21, 2015 Share OMG! this monument climb looks challenging....wonder if I should rather take my mountain bike. lol Much more gears on it. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-2714896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeubok Posted May 20, 2016 Share Interesting topic this! I see some hubbers are riding monster hills! I have this one hill on my regular training ride: 1.9km Avg Grade10% Lowest Elev500m Highest Elev701m Elev Difference201m Climb Category3 Not the longest or steepest hill out there, but what makes it really difficult is the surface of loose, rocky shale. With a few very rocky sections that I just am not able to get up and over yet. yesterday I rode it again and as soon as I started I just could not get any traction, my tyre pressure was too high. So I deflated it a bit (too much actually, and didn't have my pump or bombs with me), which helped to a point. In December my rear wheel spun out, I couldn't unclip fast enough and took a tumble, spraining both my wrists quite badly. Had to ride back home like that because it is a rough 4x4 track and there was no signal anyways. In total this route is 18km with 630m of climbing. All over very rough terrain, which makes it much tougher than climbing 600m on a tar road for example. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-2889293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertusras Posted May 20, 2016 Share This one kicked my butt for sure https://www.strava.com/segments/2983783 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-2889326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Horn Posted May 20, 2016 Share Molteno Rd ,Oranjezicht goes up towards Cable car - still to try. Tried Bellevue st but to much traffic and had to jump off. Warren_G 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-2889356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsc Posted May 20, 2016 Share //www.strava.com/segments/5819645 Alp d'Slipper in PE is also pretty steep . Average 9% but a few places its 20% Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-2889518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FCH Posted May 20, 2016 Share Heights Rd in Wilderness; 1.2km with average gradient of 12.25%; thigh killer. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-2889545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren_G Posted May 20, 2016 Share Molteno Rd ,Oranjezicht goes up towards Cable car - still to try.Tried Bellevue st but to much traffic and had to jump off.Bellevue is by far the steepest I've ridden, front wheel dancing around as you get closer to the top and just for extra torture continue straight up the cul de sac and up the grass bank onto Kloof and suffer some more continuing non stop all the way to Signal Hill! https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bellevue+St,+Gardens,+Cape+Town,+8001,+South+Africa/@-33.9373098,18.3996546,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x1dcc670b1b54ca0d:0x65b8031339898218!8m2!3d-33.9373143!4d18.4018433 Edited May 20, 2016 by Warren_G Bernard Horn 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-2889562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCD Posted May 20, 2016 Share Table Mountain has a few steep climbs to offer. MF4 is one of the doable ones. Average gradient 18% over 500m peaking at 26.6% https://www.strava.com/segments/4478010 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-2889566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAW Posted May 21, 2016 Share I found this "road" just outside Robertson. Access is from the Pat Busch nature reserve. Their visitors guide suggested that you walk the trail first and that it should only be attempted by very experienced mountain bikers. I thought that this was a load of rubbish and rode it by myself... The climb was insane and I thought I was going to die on the descent! Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-2889810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmorglebot Posted June 8, 2018 Share I'm bored, sick, and injured so I thought I'd try revive an old thread I rode this little grade earlier this year: https://www.strava.com/segments/14962904 Its not long but with a lot of it being in the +20% gradient its an energy sapper. It had me standing, in 52x28t, at a cadence of about 50. You think it will relent around the bend but nope, it just keeps going. I need inspiration for things to attack when I can finally get back on a bike again! Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-3331757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted June 8, 2018 Share I'm bored, sick, and injured so I thought I'd try revive an old thread I rode this little grade earlier this year: https://www.strava.com/segments/14962904 Its not long but with a lot of it being in the +20% gradient its an energy sapper. It had me standing, in 52x28t, at a cadence of about 50. You think it will relent around the bend but nope, it just keeps going. I need inspiration for things to attack when I can finally get back on a bike again!Top 2 names are both joburg guys............. 2nd is a hubber. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-3331763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JA-Q001 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Top 2 names are both joburg guys............. 2nd is a hubber. Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-3331808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmorglebot Posted June 8, 2018 Share Nothing wrong with silver Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-3331809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLuke Posted June 8, 2018 Share We ride this pass Gamka Dam toe and back https://www.strava.com/segments/7895925 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-3331821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypot Posted June 8, 2018 Share Haven't seen this thread before.I rode this segment again last weekend. I never enjoy it, but it has to be done. It's unrelenting and gets steeper the higher you go - my computer showed 34% at one point near the top! It's too steep to ride straight up (front wheel just lifts) so S's are needed. https://www.strava.com/segments/3368335 Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-3331823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Brink Posted June 8, 2018 Share Haven't seen this thread before.I rode this segment again last weekend. I never enjoy it, but it has to be done. It's unrelenting and gets steeper the higher you go - my computer showed 34% at one point near the top! It's too steep to ride straight up (front wheel just lifts) so S's are needed. https://www.strava.com/segments/3368335Don't do it if you suffer from vertigo... What gearing did you use? The 42x36 on the gravel bike hurt. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/9/#findComment-3331827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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