holy hills batman!

[boyracer]

I revisited a few lung busters today. so what's steeper....sheoak, new lyton shared path or that climb from Thirkel Ave to mt. osmond.
anybody got garmin type info. cheers.

[MichaelB]

No idea about Sheok or Thirkel, but the Lynton Path has quite a few very steep sections of 18 - 22%.

[boyracer]

meh. i have read that here before.Is that off your garmin MB? It is certainly steep just after the first hairpin, but 22% ? Sign at bottom of Sheoak says 20% and that feels steeper. The Thirkel hairpins are ridiculous....but fun!

[Sumichino]

Sheoak is definitely the steepest out of those three although only for a short section. The top section of Coach Rd is close though, as is the Woodland Way near Norton Summit.

[MichaelB]

meh. i have read that here before.Is that off your garmin MB? It is certainly steep just after the first hairpin, but 22% ? Sign at bottom of Sheoak says 20% and that feels steeper. The Thirkel hairpins are ridiculous....but fun!

Yep, off the Garmin, and it's accurate enough to prove that I'm not a mountain goat.

What makes the Lynton path a bugger, is there is several very steep, but short sections.

Where is this mythical Thirkel Rd ?

[boyracer]

Where is this mythical Thirkel Rd ?

http://www.cycle2max.com/bike-hill-clim ... px?id=1589

[MichaelB]

Where is this mythical Thirkel Rd ?

http://www.cycle2max.com/bike-hill-clim ... px?id=1589

So it's a bit like Corkscrew Rd then ? Average of 9.7% means steeper than a fat sod needs to try and prove himself.

Greenhill Rd, Norton Summit, Old Norton Summit & Mt Lofty via EoH are hard enough for me.