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When is a climb too steep? When the pros have to walk
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Here is a selection from close to me. The first isn't mega steep but the narrowness of the road, the almost claustraphobic feeling you get, allied to the atrocious surface make this way more daunting than it would appear. I once shipped my chain on the steepest part of this climb and had to restart. Not an easy proposition.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=ho...gl=uk&ei=FvpoUomCOojC7Aad3IE4&ved=0CC4Q8gEwAA
The second is made more difficult because it is almost impossible to carry any momentum into it. Either approach involves a 90 degree turn and percentages in the mid to upper teens pretty much immediately. This is frequently used in sportives. My Garmin kept going on to auto pause (set at 3mph) when I went up it around 30 miles in to a 70 mile event.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Ox...F-8&ei=WvtoUt2SKdSjhgebgoHgBw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg
All of which re-iterates what others have said, that there are a multitude of other factors that work in conjunction with out and steepness that make a hill difficult for any cyclist.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=ho...gl=uk&ei=FvpoUomCOojC7Aad3IE4&ved=0CC4Q8gEwAA
The second is made more difficult because it is almost impossible to carry any momentum into it. Either approach involves a 90 degree turn and percentages in the mid to upper teens pretty much immediately. This is frequently used in sportives. My Garmin kept going on to auto pause (set at 3mph) when I went up it around 30 miles in to a 70 mile event.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Ox...F-8&ei=WvtoUt2SKdSjhgebgoHgBw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg
All of which re-iterates what others have said, that there are a multitude of other factors that work in conjunction with out and steepness that make a hill difficult for any cyclist.
