Comments on: How Climby is Your Climbiest Ride?

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:52:32 +0000

This is a pretty fun climb: 10000 ft in 38 miles
http://www.chainreaction.com/haleakala.htm

And you have the people going downhill on the rental bikes yelling “You’re going the wrong waaaaaay!”

I thought this was not too bad although my other experiences have been mostly riding in Austin, TX where everything is stupid steep but short and this is gradual.

By: art

art — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:10:15 +0000

My personal favorite is the App/Lincoln double gap in VT. The big climbs only add up to a little under 5k feet, but they’re almost all earned the hard way. It could be under 100 miles from home, but I usually ride it from Bristol.

Climb 1: Baby App, under 1k feet, but with 8-10% grades and a bunch of false summits. Climb 2: Appalachian Gap (west): 1500+ feet with steep switchbacks and a soul crushing wide open 15+% pitch to the summit. Climb 3: German Flats to Sugarbush: ~800 feet at a reasonable grade, looks easy but at this point doesn’t feel easy. Climb 4: Lincoln Gap (east): ~1800 feet with 10% grades out of the valley followed by a rolling mix of dirt and pavement, finished off with the steepest mile of pavement in the US (1000 feet at 15-25%). The descent back into Bristol is pretty rough, but the croissants at the bakery are worth it.

By: Jay Kilby

Jay Kilby — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:05:39 +0000

This is what I am doing Saturday. Just saw this and here is the ride I will do and will post on Strava… 17,211

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1544102

By: Brian Toone

Brian Toone — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:32:30 +0000

I set out to do the climbiest ride obeying the rules of not climbing the same road more than once. Ride report and photos posted here: http://toonecycling.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/loving-where-you-ride/
Ride details from Strava here: http://app.strava.com/rides/16129641
73.9 miles and 12,327 feet of climbing.

By: FrankB

FrankB — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:55:17 +0000

Great invitation!

El Dorado Hills, CA, has a lot of hills within a few miles of my doorstep, which is great. However, it can get a bit repetitive–every climb within 15 miles is a short, non-mountain-ish hill, most of which are heavily trafficked by cars and cyclists. One way to make that interesting is to try to ride every hill you can see, smell, or think of on a single ride from home:

http://app.strava.com/activities/6825405

By: Seth G

Seth G — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:36:34 +0000

From my parent’s place in Sandy: Wasatch to the top of Millcreek, down and up to Brighton (BCC), south to LCC and up to Alta. Finish it off in Sandy. We call it the Gentleman’s Ride. You can make it the Gentleman and a Scholar Ride by throwing in a trip up the north side of suncrest. 85 miles 11,000 feet of climbing. Adding suncrest would make it around 100 miles and 12,000+ of climbing delight.

By: Justin H

Justin H — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:32:07 +0000

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/119634681

By: ross

ross — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:43:32 +0000

Here’s a ride that a local bike shop hosts here in Birmingham Alabama that stops at their 4 locations. I rode over to the ride from home, then took the long way back.

http://app.strava.com/rides/14167411

I was trying to finish the Rapha Rising challenge on strava so I did do one hill twice. So subtract 500ft of climbing at about 4 miles and you have a about 92 miles and 7300ft.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:43:21 +0000

Addendum to the “Mount Revelstoke” ride above:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=climbiest

So I definitely win. It says so on the internet.

By: RodNeeds2Ride

RodNeeds2Ride — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:35:44 +0000

I live within 2 miles of the start of the “Gauntlet Deluxe” and I’m pretty sure I’ll never be attempting it. Let me check again, yep pretty darn sure.

My favorite regular ride takes a group I ride with past Dunford Bakers in Riverton. We call it the Donut Ride. Yes, of course we stop and have one. Every time! I mean we’ve earned it, right? 25 miles with some decent climbing earns one(or more) donuts in my book.

And some wonder why I’m passionate about the Utah Tour de Donut…