Steepest road in Melbourne???

[Harng Goh]

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> >> We ended up making the detour to the hill on our MTB ride yesterday. The
> >> road is in a pretty poor state (hardly suprising), with plenty of cracks
> >> and moss growing on it. The fact that it had just rained when we got
> >> there made it rather slippery too.
> >>
> >> Both Duncan and I made it up after a few attempts, me with 22x32,
> >> Duncan on his 1x9 bike so 32x32. Those bloody fixie riders make the
> >> rest of us look soft!
> >
> > Of course it should be pointed out that traction was the No. 1 issue.
> > Getting half way up, skidding out then having to sit on your bum and crawl
> > to the side to avoid literaly sliding back down the road was quite
> > amusing. Momentum and weight distribution was the key.
> > Now the next feat is getting up on a 2:1 ratio (in the dry). I put the
> > challenge to Oldy the SS climbing legend.
> >
> >
>
> I rode back out there again tonight after dinner and decided to do a bit of
> an interval session. I did the hill five times, with about a 2 min slow
> cruise at the top to get my heart rate below 150 before going back down each
> time. I went down along the fence near the housing estate and then joined
> on the hill climb track at the bottom and did it all again. My HR got up to
> 180 on the first one and increased for each subsequent climb, peaking at 196
> bpm on the final one. I used 22/28 this time around (20.4 inches) which was
> my second gear in the granny ring. After the final climb I cruised back
> down the road throught the housing estate (some nice houses there!!!!) and
> then as I was going across the bridge to get back on the trail I thought to
> myself "that bit of rubber looks a bit like a snake".....next minute the
> rubber moved!!! It was a tiger snake about 4 foot long and I stopped and
> stamped my feet a bit until it got off the road (I herded it to the side of
> the road away from the Yarra Trail).
>
> I might have to make this a regular workout and see how far up the cluster I
> can get before the legs give out. Not sure that I will ever be able to make
> it on the SS though (38/16) but hopefully I might make it out of the granny
> ring!!!!
>
> Gags

I notice some of you have already found my photos of this road. My
brother must have posted a link on BV forums or something.
http://www.qweop.net/2007/01/03/steepest-sealed-road-in-melbourne

The pic with the spirit level is on the steepest part which is that
last 15-20m - I'm holding it pretty much horizontal so you get the idea
of how steep it is.

 

[RobM]

Gags wrote:

I notice some of you have already found my photos of this road. My
brother must have posted a link on BV forums or something.
http://www.qweop.net/2007/01/03/steepest-sealed-road-in-melbourne

The pic with the spirit level is on the steepest part which is that
last 15-20m - I'm holding it pretty much horizontal so you get the idea
of how steep it is.

I'd thought Martyr Road in Warburton was the steepest road around - I'll have to compare the two this weekend (not that I'm intending to ride up either one!).

 

[Bleve]

RobM wrote:
> Harng Goh Wrote:
> > Gags wrote:
> >
> > I notice some of you have already found my photos of this road. My
> > brother must have posted a link on BV forums or something.
> > http://www.qweop.net/2007/01/03/steepest-sealed-road-in-melbourne
> >
> > The pic with the spirit level is on the steepest part which is that
> > last 15-20m - I'm holding it pretty much horizontal so you get the idea
> > of how steep it is.
>
> I'd thought Martyr Road in Warburton was the steepest road around -
> I'll have to compare the two this weekend (not that I'm intending to
> ride up either one!).

The thing to remember is that the Templestow road was specifically made
for hillclimbing racing - *not* for general road use - I don't think it
was even really open except for races?
Many cars wouldn't be able to get up it at all, I suspect.
So it probably doesn't count as a regular road - the Dunedan council
can rest easy ....

 

[warrwych]

RobM wrote:
> Harng Goh Wrote:
> > Gags wrote:
> >
> > I notice some of you have already found my photos of this road. My
> > brother must have posted a link on BV forums or something.
> > http://www.qweop.net/2007/01/03/steepest-sealed-road-in-melbourne
> >
> > The pic with the spirit level is on the steepest part which is that
> > last 15-20m - I'm holding it pretty much horizontal so you get the idea
> > of how steep it is.
>
> I'd thought Martyr Road in Warburton was the steepest road around -
> I'll have to compare the two this weekend (not that I'm intending to
> ride up either one!).

The thing to remember is that the Templestow road was specifically made
for hillclimbing racing - *not* for general road use - I don't think it
was even really open except for races?
Many cars wouldn't be able to get up it at all, I suspect.
So it probably doesn't count as a regular road - the Dunedan council
can rest easy ....

For a regularly used suburban road, with houses and traffic an' all, Sunnybrook Dve in Wheeler's Hill (Melb) is a beeyatch. No idea of gradient, apart from being seriously nasty.

 

[Stuart Lamble]

On 2007-01-05, warrwych <[email protected]> wrote:
> For a regularly used suburban road, with houses and traffic an' all,
> Sunnybrook Dve in Wheeler's Hill (Melb) is a beeyatch. No idea of
> gradient, apart from being seriously nasty.

I remember that road - we used to cycle down it (and back up) when we
cycled out to Jells Park. It was a major achievement when I managed to
cycle up it without stopping to walk - and that was on the old three
speed!

Wonder if I could do it without resorting to the granny gears (aka the
smallest of the triple front rings) today.

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[DaveB]

warrwych wrote:
>
> For a regularly used suburban road, with houses and traffic an' all,
> Sunnybrook Dve in Wheeler's Hill (Melb) is a beeyatch. No idea of
> gradient, apart from being seriously nasty.
>

Oh gawd, I remember that bloody road. I got lost around there once on a
ride and ended up riding up it twice.

DaveB

 

[warrwych]

warrwych wrote:
>
> For a regularly used suburban road, with houses and traffic an' all,
> Sunnybrook Dve in Wheeler's Hill (Melb) is a beeyatch. No idea of
> gradient, apart from being seriously nasty.
>

Oh gawd, I remember that bloody road. I got lost around there once on a
ride and ended up riding up it twice.

DaveB

TWICE???!!! That's hero status Dave!

One day I was walking over the corner bit where it really kicks up, and a old guy pedalling slowly rode past. I was thinking about how pathetic I was until I heard the little motor on his bike as he went past.

 

[Resound]

There's a short section of Rankin Rd in Boronia that I remember from
childhood as being fairly silly. We used to refer to it as "Piggy Hill"
although I have no idea why. I haven't been back there with a bike so I've
no idea what the gradient actually is.

"warrwych" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Bleve Wrote:
>> RobM wrote:
>> > Harng Goh Wrote:
>> > > Gags wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I notice some of you have already found my photos of this road. My
>> > > brother must have posted a link on BV forums or something.
>> > > http://www.qweop.net/2007/01/03/steepest-sealed-road-in-melbourne
>> > >
>> > > The pic with the spirit level is on the steepest part which is
>> that
>> > > last 15-20m - I'm holding it pretty much horizontal so you get the
>> idea
>> > > of how steep it is.
>> >
>> > I'd thought Martyr Road in Warburton was the steepest road around -
>> > I'll have to compare the two this weekend (not that I'm intending to
>> > ride up either one!).
>>
>> The thing to remember is that the Templestow road was specifically
>> made
>> for hillclimbing racing - *not* for general road use - I don't think
>> it
>> was even really open except for races?
>> Many cars wouldn't be able to get up it at all, I suspect.
>> So it probably doesn't count as a regular road - the Dunedan council
>> can rest easy ....
>
> For a regularly used suburban road, with houses and traffic an' all,
> Sunnybrook Dve in Wheeler's Hill (Melb) is a beeyatch. No idea of
> gradient, apart from being seriously nasty.
>
>
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> warrwych
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