kjchapman@wateng.UUCP (Kevin J. Chapman) (11/13/84)
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The toughest grade I've ever faced was North Mountain in Cape Breton
Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia. According to my rough estimates
we had to climb 450m over 3km, or a grade of 15%. We met a fellow from
Texas who'd biked extensively in the Rockies - he said it was the
steepest hill he'd ever encountered.
Rumour has it that the south side of Cape Smokey (same park))
is even worse. I wouldn't know - I went down it. Wheeeeeee!
Kevin
p.s. ...and I thought I'd never have to get out of the saddle with
a 27 inch gear. Ha!sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki) (11/16/84)
The L.A. Wheelmen used to include a hill challenge in some of their rides.
The grade was so severe that very few made it up the hill. There were some
very amusing contraptions, the most common being a small front wheel so
that the riding position was closer to normal. I think it was somewhere
in Venice, California. I know that this isn't really an extended grade, but
there must be other killer hills out there.
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Marty Sasaki
Havard University Science Center
sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp}