Like climbing?
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paganopj posted 33 weeks ago.
...looks like fun...er, not!
Just keep spinning....spinning, spinning....uh, do I know you?
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cutiger95 posted 33 weeks ago.
I do and am doing this little baby in about 6 weeks:
Simply 75 miles of nice rollers, followed by 30 miles with 8000 ft. of elevation gain and not much on the downhill side during it.
Who wants to join me, there are guys giving up their tickets now. I am riding with a group of about 5 guys and hoping to average 15.5 mph to the top.
Come on guys there is nothing like training in the hills.
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CadenceGuy posted 33 weeks ago.
The biggest hill I have here to climb in central Illinois is called Mt. Illini (aka - the local highway overpass)
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TriSooner posted 33 weeks ago.
That's exactly what I figured Portland would like, year-round: Drizzly and dark. But that ride looks awesome. Notice no one had a triple, and that little side-widing back-and-forth across the lane move works! What struck me too is that is what 18%-20% climbs actually looks like. It doesn't "sound" like much, but it is. I hear Euro-trash cyclists at my crits talk all the time about, "Oh, and we had 15% climbs the whole time!" (And they are talking about the flat prairies of north Texas.)
What's also crazy is comparing these 15%-20% to the Alpe d'Huez. Depending on where you start, the climb up Alpe d'Huez is 13km-14km (about 8 miles) with an average gradient of 8% and ascending ~1,800m/5,900 feet.
I couldn't find a hill profile of this Portland climb, but the Alp d'Huez profile looks sick and it's mostly 8%-12% so I can't even get my mind around 20%
Pantani climed Alpe d'Huez in 37:35 (record, but he was on EPO) and Lance was off by only 1 second in the ITT in '04. That's 13.88 mph avg up that mountain!
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tri-ac posted 33 weeks ago.
sooner, a painful (and gorgeous) climb...constant up, up, up! i'd like to do it someday.
on the video, that was a coincidentally epic day to match the ride, wasn't it?
there was one guy in the video on a MTB with a triple, but you can also see some of those guys did the ride on SS too (i'd heard fixie, but couldn't see them in the video)...walk much? hurt much on the next day?
i couldn't find all the grade %'s either...i bet someone has loaded a gpx file somewhere...i'll see what i can dig up
the weather is looking good for saturday, so no epic weather for the ride...i'm not in shape for it so i'm tempted to do it, but hesitant to even go there without any prep
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TryScott posted 33 weeks ago.
My legs felt fine when I first clicked on the link, but now they are sore...
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tri-ac posted 33 weeks ago.
here's another link with gpx and elevation profile
http://www.onemillionrevolutions.org/maps/map.php?ID=1605
if you move your mouse in the elevation profile, it shows you where you are on the map
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beads1985 posted 33 weeks ago.
Holy Crap Batman! That looks crazy to walk! ;-)
'Nothing to it, but to do it!'
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lala2021 posted 33 weeks ago.
I would luv to run up it but cycle hell no!UGH! Those are some TUFF cyclists!!!
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tri-ac posted 32 weeks ago.
I didn't do it (i thought hard about it, but my legs aren't anywhere near ready), but folks seemed to enjoy the pain
story here
http://bikeportland.org/2009/04/04/massive-turnout-at-de-ronde/
worth a read of the comments and a look at the pics. too
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KitKat posted 32 weeks ago.
It's on my to-do list for next year. Probably would have done it this year if it wasn't for this damn injury.
On another note...they really need to permit this event. 500-700 cyclists riding steep grades, speeding through the city....not safe. With a permit at least they could have certain roads and corners blocked off for safety. Did you hear about the guy that T-boned the car at 40+mph? Seriously messed up.
**Pain is weakness leaving the body**
*Smile, it does a body good*
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kkocan posted 32 weeks ago.
Pico Veleta near Granada, Spain.
~ 19 miles, 6,500 or so vertical feet.
The first 6k are through a quarry with several spots over 20% and one stretch at the end hits 25%. And that wasn't around a switchback, it was a straight 100yard or so section of road right about the 6k mark. Then a real short downhill just to let the lactic acid build a little more in the legs and then it's a steady 18k or so climb up to the top, holding steady at 5-8% with the last 3k at 10% or so. Took 1:50 minutes for me to reach the top!
The start:
About 2/3 to the finish:
A rider (not me) finishing at the ski resort:
Looking back from the finish at what we just climbed:
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kona_expat posted 32 weeks ago.
I like the hills, too, and will be doing Horribly Hilly Hundreds 200K again this June. Maybe not as bad as the Portland thing, but 10K of climbing in 125 miles is a decent dose. My time to beat is 9:15, which is what I did 2 years ago.
Hills are why I love my road bike, La Gazza Ladra
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tri-ac posted 32 weeks ago.
KitKat wrote:
It's on my to-do list for next year. Probably would have done it this year if it wasn't for this damn injury.On another note...they really need to permit this event. 500-700 cyclists riding steep grades, speeding through the city....not safe. With a permit at least they could have certain roads and corners blocked off for safety. Did you hear about the guy that T-boned the car at 40+mph? Seriously messed up.
Sadly, there were two accidents...I think you're right: a permit may be necessary, hopefully that doesn't kill the ride off.
I guess the map is always there for an independent conquering of the course
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tri-ac posted 32 weeks ago.
kkocan wrote:
Pico Veleta near Granada, Spain.
~ 19 miles, 6,500 or so vertical feet.
The first 6k are through a quarry with several spots over 20% and one stretch at the end hits 25%. And that wasn't around a switchback, it was a straight 100yard or so section of road right about the 6k mark. Then a real short downhill just to let the lactic acid build a little more in the legs and then it's a steady 18k or so climb up to the top, holding steady at 5-8% with the last 3k at 10% or so. Took 1:50 minutes for me to reach the top!
The start:
About 2/3 to the finish:
A rider (not me) finishing at the ski resort:
Looking back from the finish at what we just climbed:
Gorgeous! I'm jealous!
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tri-ac posted 32 weeks ago.
kona_expat wrote:
I like the hills, too, and will be doing Horribly Hilly Hundreds 200K again this June. Maybe not as bad as the Portland thing, but 10K of climbing in 125 miles is a decent dose. My time to beat is 9:15, which is what I did 2 years ago.Hills are why I love my road bike, La Gazza Ladra
Kona, what does "La Gazza Ladra" translate to?
best enjoyed from your monitor...unless you're a cyclist ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbvQqssD_jI&feature=player_embedded