Steepest hills thread??

[McD23]

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!

[Maniax]

Mads, the steepest hill in Bloem is Tafelkop.

Thats my contribution.

 

Isnt that the only hill in Bloem?

[Maniax]

Anyone got the stats of Bainskloof between Wellington and Ceres. That one is on my to do list.

[Mads]

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.

['Dale]

Meanwhile somewhere in Euroland

 

[Maniax]

 

 

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

[Mads]

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 ?

[Maniax]

 

 

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]

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

[Week-end_Warrior]

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

[WIPEOUT 1000]

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.

[Maniax]

 

 

 

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

[Rapunzel]

What about t-shirt hill between wilderness and sedgefield - Only 1.4km but 13%

[Maniax]

Meanwhile somewhere in Euroland

 

When the pro's starts walking or zigzagging like Sagan, you know its steep

[Breezer]

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

[Mads]

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 .