http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Queens Drive Gradient en Sat, 27 Jun 2026 07:33:10 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=585#post-4870 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:22:43 +0000 gembo 4870@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>apologies Laidback, my mistake. My vision of you going up, then round then swapping bikes and going up again are nothing but fantasy </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=585#post-4836 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:48:31 +0000 LaidBack 4836@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Laidback, from the timings you appear to have 'rode it a few times' on the same day on different bicycles but never on a unicylce? </em></p> <p>Can't balance one of those... My times were not on same days - must be logging error. Had to recover for a month between attempts...</p> <p>Actually it gets easier. The only thing that puts me off is having to discourage cars from overtaking. If you like practising prime position with a 4x4 on your back wheel this is the route for you! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=585#post-4806 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:47:05 +0000 druidh 4806@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Laidback - that's the gradient profile I sent you. I'm afraid the lack of detail (e.g. the indication of the steep bit) is down to the inadequacy of the equipment used. I must try it again with a more modern GPSR - and mibbe go a bit lower so that it doesn't average out the readings so much. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=585#post-4799 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:38:23 +0000 steveo 4799@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ouch just had a look at that leader board, bloody hell those guys are quick. I took more that 5 times as long as the best dudes, its got to be said though I am hideously unfit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=585#post-4798 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:30:53 +0000 steveo 4798@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a GPX file from one time i rode round it, if you want a copy let me know and i can email your it, if you promise not to laugh at my fat ass trying to crawl up the hill. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=585#post-4796 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:54:19 +0000 gembo 4796@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Laidback, from the timings you appear to have 'rode it a few times' on the same day on different bicycles but never on a unicylce? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=585#post-4787 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:13:18 +0000 LaidBack 4787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My impression of it is close to that above.</p> <p><center>First half is 5-6%<br /> Then a quarter at 9-10% - I always say it's 1 in 9<br /> Last quarter at 5-6%</center></p> <p>As a past sponsor of the Arthur's Seat Challenge I rode it a few times. The winner of this charity challenge was <strong>Ross Crook</strong>. Just ahead of <strong>Evan Oliphant</strong>.<br /> I have oft remarked that these guys were at the finish while I was still trying to get over the 1 in 9 'bump'. Not that we were ever on 'the hill' at same time!</p> <p>I guess they kept in the big ring and forced the bike at around 18mph on the first half uphill. Then maybe dropping a bit on the hill? A final short sprint to the line at 20+mph. Gears used 2 (if any). Power applied 359w. Average cyclist would be 250w</p> <p>One things for sure... they would not have been bugged by cars wishing to overtake them. This always spoils this park road for cycling.</p> <p>The Challenge is closed now. The site was created by Tom Orr of the ERC and is a fine piece of work. The only fault I think is the profile which seems to miss out the steep bit. But maybe there's a reason for that!</p> <p>Check out the power metre and find out how average you are! </p> <p><a href="http://www.arthursseatchallenge.co.uk/times.htm">ARTHUR'S SEAT CHALLENGE - Edinburgh's longest running hill time trial.</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=585#post-4768 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:49:03 +0000 PS 4768@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Its broadly 5-6% as you go up round the Eastern edge, then steepens to 9-10% (you'll know the bit if you've ridden it), then it's somewhere between 5-6% before levelling off at the loch.</p> <p>That 9-10% bit always seems steeper than that when you get there, but I guess that's just the shock of the gradient change (and perhaps it's a bit steeper on the inside of the corner) after getting in a rhythm on the earlier section. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=585#post-4741 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:55:42 +0000 Paul R 4741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can anyone tell me what the % gradient is for Queens Drive in Holyrood Park, between St Margarets Loch and Dunsapie LOch (the steep bit)? Cheers </p>