Cav' Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Where would you say is the best place to go sweat it out in Pretoria east (or old east)? I'm looking for some nice steep climbs to do some hill repeats before or after work during the week. Klapperkop is a given, I'm looking for the hidden gems. Maybe post a Strava segment of your favourite local climb if you like. The steepest tarred road (gradient wise)?The longest climb?The most fun?etc. Spinnekop, I'm sure you know of a few nice ones!
Cheese Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 I would say the longest is Solomon Mohlongo from North to South.Steep - Cliffindale or Stonewall in Faerie Glen
JA-Q001 Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Whats that cement road at the back of the Union Buildings called?
Spinnekop Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Rose st in BrooklynLoveday st Nieuw MuckleneukHans Stydom aka Hamburger hillRugters st in Faerie GlenRuberstein in Moreleta (one of my my favourites)
Spinnekop Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Whats that cement road at the back of the Union Buildings called?That be Tom Jenkins.......Lots of eina there.
Rob Mortimer Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Tom Jenkins is the cement road up to behind the Union Buildings You can also try Lois Ave (Newlands?);Rubenstein (Moreleta);Rubenstein - Blouhaak, Rutgers - Rubenstein (also Moreleta);Matroosberg (Waterkloof);Rose (Waterkloof);Herbert Baker - Rigel (Groenkloof - Waterkloof)
Rob Mortimer Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 My bad ..... see half of those mentioned already while I was compiling
BarHugger Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 These are a few frequent training ones (all with low traffic volume as a prerequisite): (Neptune to Rigel to Raymond to Sanford) (Sydney to Aries) (Premier Street) .......and my personal favourite (because it is 1km, great interval work)..... (Korhaan to Pikkewyn)
MaxUmis Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 One of the longer climbing sections (with a couple of dips) in my regular routes is Club Ave (becomes Eridanus and then right into Rigel, then left into Johann Rissik) from Dely rd to Fort Klapperkop.Nice little workout that is.
Cav' Posted June 23, 2015 Author Posted June 23, 2015 Whats that cement road at the back of the Union Buildings called? Oh yes, know that one well. I'm just a bit scared of it when traffic is heavy from both ways
Cav' Posted June 23, 2015 Author Posted June 23, 2015 I would say the longest is Solomon Mohlongo from North to South.Steep - Cliffindale or Stonewall in Faerie GlenNever done either of those, will go Sunday!
Rob Mortimer Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 These are a few frequent training ones (all with low traffic volume as a prerequisite): Route1.jpg Route2.jpg(Neptune to Rigel to Raymond to Sanford) Route4a.jpg(Sydney to Aries) Route5.jpg(Premier Street) .......and my personal favourite (because it is 1km, great interval work)..... Route3.jpg(Korhaan to Pikkewyn) I often do Sidney after having come from Lynwood (various possible routes) which gives more ascent than Johan Rissik up from Fountains Circle if I remember correctly Your first pic - the hills between Emus Erasmus/Schoongezicht roads. If I can do these all in one session on my SS then I know I am fit!
Cav' Posted June 23, 2015 Author Posted June 23, 2015 These are a few frequent training ones (all with low traffic volume as a prerequisite): Route1.jpg Route2.jpg(Neptune to Rigel to Raymond to Sanford) Route4a.jpg(Sydney to Aries) Route5.jpg(Premier Street) .......and my personal favourite (because it is 1km, great interval work)..... Route3.jpg(Korhaan to Pikkewyn)Nice Barhugger, all those I'll try too
edgarblount Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Elephant (Monument Park) - bottom @ R21 to the top @ Rigel = 2km with a 120m gain or Neptune (Waterkloof) - bottom to top @ Rigel = 500m with a 50m gain
HBO Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 I allways end up doing Hans Strijdom from Lynnwood rd to Louis Botha at the end of my weekend ride.The last stretch from Delphi to Louis Botha is about 2.8 km. The steepest part is about 9%.It also has a nice wide yellow lane which makes it quite safe. Judith in Waterkloof Glen is shorter (+/- 650 m) but steep (13%) If you want something out of the city, try Boschkop rd. From Lynnwood rd you turn left. It's nice and quite with a good surface. The last part of this road (before it makes a "T" with the Bapsfontein/ Cullinan rd) is a lekker long (ish) climb. It starts rather steep but flattens out a bit at the end. I haven't measured it, but will guess about 3 km in total. The steepest part is probably in the region of 10% and the last part 3 or 4%. The total length of this road from Lynnwood to the Cullinan/ Bapsfontein rd is 17km.
Spinnekop Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Never done either of those, will go Sunday!Very short though..........
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