20%! That was the steepest climb I’ve ever consciously ridden. I didn’t fall off my bike, but it surprised me so much that I got the route a bit mixed up 😅 More info in the comment. What was the steepest climb you did so far, where and on what gear?
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This is one of many climbs up to Gempen in Switzerland I did on Canyon Endurace 52/36 on front and 11-34 on back. Of course, there are way steeper than this one and the 20% section is not very long, nevertheless there were many sections above 10% and approaching 15%, so it really does gave me a hard time. More in short movie from this ride (EN subtitles included): [https://youtu.be/rOibTHd-HYU](https://youtu.be/rOibTHd-HYU)
Meanwhile Germans put “Radfahrer absteigen!” or “Radfahren verboten!” signs everywhere when it goes down more than like 4 %.
At least when you go slightly North.
There’s a brevet out of Philadelphia with a hill that maxes at 37! I’ve never made it all the way up without hopping off, but hope to someday.
Canton Avenue in Pittsburgh PA 37%. One of the few times in recent memory i actually used my 36/36.
what is the steepest climb you have unconsciously ridden? 😉
I climbed a street so steep it’s got its own Wikipedia page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Street
While carrying 30kg of camping equipmemt: 25% in Scotland, twice. My average speed must have been between 2 and 3 km/h. Gladly it was not that long.
25% climb in Albaina on the Tandem.
Was a nice walk.
Doesn’t everyone do all climbs in their lowest gear?
idk how steep it maxes out at but I went up the struggle in cumbria a few years ago, and its the closest i’ve ever been to climbing off and throwing the bike down the side of a mountain
was nice to get to the top and have all the people at the pub give me a round of applause though
I’ve done a short stretch of 12% with 11-34 11sp and 46/30 chainrings.
Someday I may try 37% Canton Ave in Pittsburgh, but I have alot more training to do before that and I am really not sure I can do it with that gearing. There’s also a 21% climb for 100m a few blocks from me. Haven’t done that yet.