Which Road, is steeper Norton Summit or Old Norton Summit
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Which Road, is steeper Norton Summit or Old Norton Summit
Postby amt » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:37 am
How does it compare to Montacute Road?
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Postby DanielS » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:37 pm
Old Norton Summit Rd is pretty similar to Montacute Rd (easy at the bottom, hard at the top )
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Postby rustychisel » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:48 pm
Norton Summit = 6~7% gradient, Old Norton Summit pitches to >12%. Old is shorter so drivers tend to prefer it for a direct conduit to Ashton and beyond.
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Postby MichaelB » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:38 pm
Fair enough, and one morning, off we went.
Had done a bit of paving the day before, so the legs were a bit sad, and even the lower parts were a bit hard this morning.
Then we got to the steep section after the hairpin.
After I wheeze my way to Norton Summit, I look at the BIL and say "Not that steep. ????"
His reply, "Oh yeah. I forgot a had to wait several times for the guys I was riding with last time"
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Postby rustychisel » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:17 pm
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Postby bongo » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:18 pm
Not sure on how steep but certainly much longer,check out www.hillclimbr.com they have all the stats on all the hills.Unless someone else knows of a better or more accurate site?alltorque wrote:While we're on the subject, how does Willunga Hill compare to the likes of Montacute, Norton climbs? I live in Magill so frequent these quiet a bit and don't get out South much but hoping to give it a bash one day.
cheers,
Jason
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Postby MichaelB » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:08 am
The Lofty run via the Freeway is a bit longer, and the rise is pretty similar.
Belair Rd and Acland Hill are both about 3.5km long and rise 270m.
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Postby rustychisel » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:50 am
Which is Acland Hill, Michael?
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Postby MichaelB » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:53 pm
Acland Hill is the the continuation of the road through Coromandel Valley and starts just before the Blacks Rd T junction. Ends at the to by the intersection of Cherry Gardens Rd.
A bit rough, but nice and quiet and bugger all traffic. About 3.4km long and rise of 200m
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Postby bepboy » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:28 pm
Gee, it feels a lot longer and steeper - suppose its my old legsMichaelB wrote:The start of the veloway (or Expressway Hill) is a baby at 2.3km long and rises only 127m with a couple of flat stretches in between.
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Postby feeltherush » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:57 pm
As said Norton Summit is the most gradual and pleasant (mind you it kicks a bit from Norton Summit over to Mt Lofty)
Eagle on the Hill is reasonable with a few good kicks.
Greenhill Rd is the mongrel... when going up to Mt Lofty from either way you end up at the same height but going up Greenhill Rd I thinks it's 3-4kms shorter than Eagle on the Hill... therefore steeper.
Went for a ride with Pat Yonker and some UniSA guys before the Challenge ride this year and was chatting to a guy has done Greenhill Road 5 times, one after the other!
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Postby MichaelB » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:02 am
Yeah, some people are a bit wierdfeeltherush wrote:
Went for a ride with Pat Yonker and some UniSA guys before the Challenge ride this year and was chatting to a guy has done Greenhill Road 5 times, one after the other!
The Eagle on the Hill route to Lofty is about 2km longer (depending where you start from). It's all uphill from my place anyway.
The Greenhill Rd route has that nasty kick at the start and then is pretty constant all the way to the bus stop, and then there are a few breaks.
Best hill for going down is Willunga Hill though - reallly smooth and nice view !!!
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Postby rustychisel » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:40 am
Did it for the first time ever last year!!MichaelB wrote:
Best hill for going down is Willunga Hill though - reallly smooth and nice view !!!
I've ridden up it a fair few times but never descended... last year's Grand Slam ride I was feeling naff so partner and I got to the top and I said 'stuff this', I'm turning around and going down the bloody hill.
Pretty good, about 75kmh into the main drag, but it is short. There's one section where you come round a corner and can't see the next curve since the brow of the hill makes it appear as though you're just going to jump off into the vinyards or the ocean... a trifle disconcerting I found.
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Re: Which Road, is steeper Norton Summit or Old Norton Summit
Postby Pinarello65 » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:45 am
I also recently rode up Gorge Rd then went up Fox Creek Hill Rd, which looks like an avg gradient of 10% according to my Polar data. From there I carried on through Lenswood, Basket Range, Uraidla, Piccadilly & down crafers bikeway.
I live in Hyde Park & one route I've done a few times lately is Belair Rd, Belair, Blackwood, Coromandel Valley, Ackland Hill Rd which then becomes Ironbank Rd. I take a right at Morgan Rd, left into Scott Creek Rd, Longwood Rd and into Stirling. There's some really nice scenery through that last bit. Then I use Ayers Hill Rd to get back to Crafers & down the bikeway to home.
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Re: Which Road, is steeper Norton Summit or Old Norton Summit
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