McD23 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Moteng Pass in Lesotho..Started at 1600m and over 20km of some flat with some brutal rises ends up at 2850m..proper hard for a coastal boy! Rapunzel 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniax Posted April 9, 2014 Share Mads, the steepest hill in Bloem is Tafelkop.Thats my contribution. Isnt that the only hill in Bloem? tunariaan and DARK KNIGHT 2 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniax Posted April 9, 2014 Share Anyone got the stats of Bainskloof between Wellington and Ceres. That one is on my to do list. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mads Posted April 9, 2014 Share Anyone got the stats of Bainskloof between Wellington and Ceres. That one is on my to do list. An absolute awesome ride!! Used to ride it often when I stayed in Paarl. The first bit is steep but it eventually turns into an awesome, supersmooth ride as you go higher. Going down to Wellington there is some deep "grooves" in the tarr. Which does not make it a nice ride down ---especially with a road bike. Maniax 1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 9, 2014 Share Meanwhile somewhere in Euroland DARK KNIGHT, Maniax, Lexx and 3 others 6 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniax Posted April 9, 2014 Share An absolute awesome ride!! Used to ride it often when I stayed in Paarl. The first bit is steep but it eventually turns into an awesome, supersmooth ride as you go higher. Going down to Wellington there is some deep "grooves" in the tarr. Which does not make it a nice ride down ---especially with a road bike. I want to come back via Tulbagh and Malmesbury. Still considering whether I should hit the pass before Ceres as well... Edited April 9, 2014 by Maniax Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mads Posted April 9, 2014 Share I want to come back via Malmesbury. Still considering whether I should hit the pass before Ceres as well... Just because I am curious? On your way to where ? Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniax Posted April 9, 2014 Share Just because I am curious? On your way to where ? Brackenfell. So the route basicallly will run, Bottelary, R44 to Wellington, over Bainskloof, through Wolsely, Tulbagh, Riebeeck Kasteel (over Botties), through Malmesbury and back through Klipheuwel/Durbanville. Mads and lucmccann 2 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mads Posted April 9, 2014 Share Brackenfell. So the route basicallly will run, Bottelary, R44 to Wellington, over Bainskloof, through Wolsely, Tulbagh, Riebeeck Kasteel (over Botties), through Malmesbury and back through Klipheuwel/Durbanville. Eish that is a lot of miles. !! Edit : in the rounds of 200kms You want to do the Trans Boland next? Edited April 9, 2014 by Mads Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Week-end_Warrior Posted April 9, 2014 Share Franschoek Pass...probably mentioned already tho I drove over there on my way to the epic, seemed like a good work-out, but the road is in a crappy condition. I don't know if I will contend with the trunks going over the pass, with little-to-no shoulder Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIPEOUT 1000 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Does anyone have the distance and gradient of Rusty Gate, Epic stage 5? Epic website says 5 km at an average of 10%. My Garmin measured 27% on a section of the hill just prior to the Rusty Gate climb. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniax Posted April 9, 2014 Share Eish that is a lot of miles. !! To think, last year about this time I started riding. I couldnt do 10k's.... Now I've completed the argus (my goal when I started), and am prepping for the 1tonner, and hopefully the DC. Its been an incredible journey! Edit: thread hijack off Edited April 9, 2014 by Maniax Mads, Greybeard and SeaBee 3 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapunzel Posted April 9, 2014 Share What about t-shirt hill between wilderness and sedgefield - Only 1.4km but 13% Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniax Posted April 9, 2014 Share Meanwhile somewhere in Euroland When the pro's starts walking or zigzagging like Sagan, you know its steep Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breezer Posted April 9, 2014 Share Rode Gifburg pass near Van Ryns dorp. It has an average of 7% for 7km but has a mean kick of 22% for 200m. Van Ryns pass going to Nieuwoudtville is 8km at 9%.that is our training hills. That last 100m of gifberg really hurt your legs. On the other side of gifberg there is ouberg pass. It is also a little killer. Edited April 9, 2014 by Breezer Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mads Posted April 9, 2014 Share that is our training hills. That last 100m of gifberg really hurt your legs. On the other side of gifberg there is ouberg pass. It is also a little killer. This is the reason I want to ride the steep hills. A few weeks ago I rode a section with a 22% gradient, followed by a section which had a 9% gradient. And I remember thinking - looking down on the Garmin - Great! it is only 9% now! Steep hills... I mean really steep hils ... changes ones perspective of steep........ And that changes a lot . Breezer and SeaBee 2 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/137539-steepest-hills-thread/page/6/#findComment-2268347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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