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?
by Move-On-Man
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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)
26%, 22% average on 800m.
[Sormano wall](https://climbfinder.com/en/climbs/muro-di-sormano-colma) in Italy.
With an 14-28 Ultegra.
mid section via riva di sotto, sciaves, italy (46.747000, 11.654186). it says 17% at the beginning of the climb, but that’s average. the mid section is barely rideable.
The infamous Valley of the Tears probably on a crappy Triban 3.
https://preview.redd.it/cfxs1124t4vd1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c280a4cff2a135cb90fb90143bb0b87bfafd38f
It’s about 300 meters but felt like 3km 🙂 34×28
20% is my daily route back to my house, with two kids on the back. I’ve been up steeper, but couldn’t tell you the percentage.
Does a 30%+ on an e-bike count? Otherwise on a road bike I’ve only done some small sections between 15% and 20% of less than 100m. The hardest climbs by average incline are probably a few 10% in the hills in my area above 2km of length.
Mortirolo in Italy. Only 15% at it’s steepest, but it never dips below 10% for 10km.
So it was rather brutal.
Specialized roubaix smallest gear.
i keep trying to find steep hills but the elevation maps in all my planning utilities use some old aerial survey with bad measurements and averages over like 1 square mile blocks or something stupid.
there’s a climb i sometimes take that will show up as 12% in my stats, but 3% on the map.
21-25%
https://cyclinguphill.com/100-climbs/gold-hill/