steep, very steep!

[Big J-WP]

Ill take some snaps of lincoln sometime.

 

Do you do intervals up there, think I've seen you crawling up here. LOL

[Bos]

I got this little hil behind my house.. Bellevue street, It links kloofroad to kloofnec at about halfway. I rode it one day after some hill repeats up cableway drive. That bugger almost cost me my life! as a whole its not so impressive, 70m over 550m but the thing is the first 300m is about 10% and then It ramps up and the last 50m is about 20% It blows your Legs off. I was stiff the next day..

 

I went and rode the hills I always Mtb in knysna when I was down there last time.. The one going up Simola especially, its the first steep guy in the 85km Rotary Mtb Race at the Oysterfestival.. Its not that steep, but also kicks to about 12% at a stage, let me tell you I was glad it was over.

 

I also have all 3 directions of kloofnec somewhere, From town Is definately the toughest..I'll post it now..

 

First is simola hill Knysna, then Belvue in capetown, Without a doubt the toughest hill in town

[nuge]

Zwaanswyk road - the winter TT series used it as a hill climb last year - the last few hundred metres must be well into double figures gradient-wise.

[firewolf]

Bellevue is a killer of a hill! Especially when wet.

 

RIDE ROUTE

 

Link a ride from the Waterfront Entrance - up Long Street and (L) into Orange Street. ® into the Vredehoek area and then just follow a left hand rule till you get to Bellevue. You ride right along the urban fringe through some of the Cities older suburbs. Check out the Deer Park Drive Roads on your way.

Up Bellevue (I s**t myself everytime as I come around the corner and see this hill) then into Kloof Nek. To the top then turn (L) into Tafelburg Road. Continue along same till the boom (If you brave ride around it or dismount) carry on till the tar ends and the dirt begins. Take a moment to admire the view - it is outstanding!! Then head back down Tafelburg - smile at the tourists. Then up and onto Signal Hill. Ride to the end, turn and keep the momentum for a flying ride back down and into Camps Bay Drive, then to the Camps Bay Beach front. Cruise back along the Atlantic Seaboard to the start at the V&A.

Not so many Kays but some very nice climbing. It is especially good early in the morning (5:30am start time to be up on the mountain as the sun rises.)

Edited October 23, 2010 by firewolf

[Thor Buttox]

Had the awesome privilege of DRIVING (no heroics!) up the Col du Galibiere in France a while ago. 2,200m ascent in about 34km from the north side up to 2,650m. One day I will go back for a ride... *dreaming*. Steep is not an issue, funnily.

 

Even Alpe d'Huez was a little gentle after that (about 1,200m vertical).

[firewolf]

I wish I could do a race that had a 20k climb in it. Just for once to see if climbing means more than just a short anaerobic burst.

[firewolf]

ok so like a few days ago, on my way to the fire station in town, I saw a dude pushing what looked like a specialized tarmac up Belevue Drive. Pushing!!! So maybe it is pretty damm steep! Also, we had a fire in Hout Bay in the week. Our engines were positioned at the top of Blue Valley Avenue. (Off Constantia Nek, into Bokkeman's Kloof) to protect houses. This was the first time I had seen this interesting little climb, in sectioned ramps, and with a surface that might be challenging for traction, especial in the wet. I plan to ride it soon as this Cape rain buggers off.