Steepest climbs to be found in the East Rand

[Shangri la]

I have been following a similat topic on the Westrand area and thought it would be interesting to see what is available on the East.

Fishers is like "the every day go to climb" but there should be more hecktic climbs thaty Im not awaire of.

 

 

P.S. I said "on the East" to emphesise hight!!

[Frosty]

The east rand is as flat as a pancake but the South has a few nasty climbs and is as close you'll get to the east

[Long Wheel Base]

Which part of the east rand? I tend to agree with gerald, look at the avg speeds of the emperors race, carnival city and Serengeti. But there are a few climbs, you just need to look for them. Also when you say climbs, what's your definition of a climb? How long and steep are you looking at? Linksfield ridge is steep but not so long then pomona road is long but even at its steepest its not that steep. Would love to combine the 2.

[Pete the Pirate]

East Rand climbs is a lot like military intelligence - a contradiction in terms.

Bedfordview and Kensington are the closest real climbs.

[dev null]

I grew up in Kempton.  I think you will struggle to find some steep stuff.  From Kempies side I would rather travel to Voortrekker Monument and ride there.  I don't know of any decent hills from Kempies, to Boksburg, Benoni and Germiston.

[Zatek]

Suikerbosrand is about 30mins drive from Boksburg and there is plenty of climbs. Think there is cat 4 and cat5. Not sure if there is any cat3 climbs. Can't confirm.

[maidenmole]

There isn't anything as steep as Fisher's the more East you travel, but you find some drags instead.

[Underachiever]

There is nothing east of Boksburg you can call a real hill 

 

"Steepest" is probably Monument Rd, linking R23 to Kempton, but then only for 300 m or so. 

 

Bronkhorstspruit road southbound (between Silver Lakes and Garsfontein road towards Pta), is probably the best.  Can still be climbed in a 53x15.

[Guest notmyname]

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[Wayne Potgieter]

Ebotse hill. But its pretty flat compared to outside the east rand.

[Schnoodle]

Do Eldersfield and turnhout in primrose, you can incorporate fishershill in a circular route, do it two or three times

[Frosty]

The 'vale has a nice long drag (think it's van Riebeek?).

Linksfield (up and over Silvia's pass).

Nothing really steep, until you get to the south... then it's afk@k terrain.

 

Biggersberg, Wolksberg, Comaro, etc.

https://www.strava.com/segments/explore#location/Glenvista,%20GP,%20South%20Africa/type/cycling/min/1/max/4/surface/undefined/center/-26.287856,28.057473/zoom/14/map_type/terrain

 

[SwissVan]

There are the 2 bridges in Boksburg going over the N17 hiway and if you combine them into a lap using rondebult, Espri,Trichardt and Kingfisher roads it can be quite a climb if you do a 100 or so laps 

 

Seriously now... if you go to Primrose its the hill capital of the ER

Fishers hill, Ag de wit, North Reef plus a few hidden unknown side streets feeding of Pretoria road and North reef. I used to ride there a lot when i commuted to work back in the 90's....Not sure how safe it is now days tho ? 

[Shangri la]

I was including Bedfordview in the East.

 

We do Queen street - think it is steeper than Silvias pass and goes on for ever!

[Dexter-morgan]

Do Eldersfield and turnhout in primrose, you can incorporate fishershill in a circular route, do it two or three times

I agree Turnhout is very steep but just about 1km long' do some repeats.

[Long Wheel Base]

I was including Bedfordview in the East.

 

We do Queen street - think it is steeper than Silvias pass and goes on for ever!

There is also a climb on the other side of sylvias, Its not long but gets seriously steep. Before sylvias by the ex bruma lake there is a robot, You turn at the robot and head into the boomed off area. its on strava, just not sure the name. Then from the linksfield side of sylvias there is a cobbled narrow road with a few switchbacks, also short and steep.