I read about this event a while ago but forgot about it until these photos http://urbanvelo.org/dirty-dozen-2010-photos/ appeared in the urban velo feed.
If a similar event was to happen in Edinburgh which Hills woudl it climb?
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12 steepest ridable streets in central edinburgh?
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Ramsay Lane must be a contender.
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Second what chdot says. And the cobbles just add to the fun! Gloucester Lane in Stockbridge too.
Kaimes Road and Clermiston Road (I think Northbound is steeper direction). Anth can attest for the former!
Dublin Street?
Liberton Brae?
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Bottom of the Pleasance?
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Holyrood Park radical road gets up to 11% at one point
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Spylaw Bank Road is steep.
Craighouse Road is quite steep.
West Mill Road and Blackford Hill Rise are also steep.
Calton Hill is very steep, though.
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Kirkbrae in Currie...
Is the short road from the mound up to the foot of the esplanade one of the ones already listed? I know I ought to know what it's called, but well... you know :-/
Edited to add... that's be Ramsay Lane then, I'll just shut up now! lolPosted 13 years ago # -
They're neither streets nor central but the two ramps up to the Roseburn path are quite steep. Not very long, though.
Victoria Street/West Bow, the top bit of
the street between New Street and Jeffrey StreetCranston Street, a few of the steeper closes up to the High Street or Braidburn Terrace/somewhere else round that sort of way?Posted 13 years ago # -
2nd Kaputnik's Glouscter Street (not Lane)
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...or Braidburn Terrace/somewhere else round that sort of way?
Riselaw Road was always the "daddy, can the car go up this road?" and would be tricky in the snow.
Of course, if being 'central' isn't strictly necessary, then there's always the exponential hill, out past Balerno.
It's a shame it was demolished, in a way, because Arthur Street brae would probably have defeated all comers.
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Of course, if being 'central' isn't strictly necessary, then there's always the exponential hill, out past Balerno.
Ravelrig - or as it is known locally Heartattack Hill
Cranston in town is nice using your granny
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Calton Hill's a great wee cobbled power climb.
Looking at my Garmin record of the last time I went up it, it reckons it's 18.5%... although that's probably just a snap shot of the gradient - I can't believe it's that steep for very long (if at all).
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Blair and/or Niddrie Streets
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Observatory Road's a good climb. I don't think it's as steep as some (probably around about 12%), but it's reasonably long, goes straight up the side of the hill, gets gradually steeper, and when you round the corner at what you think is the top you find another cheeky slog to the observatory.
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Bell's Brae/Dean Path must be contenders???
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One I haven't done on a many bikes is Ramsay Gardens.
Cobbles and unven cobbles = lack of traction = going into reverse! (I have of course done it in the other direction where the gravity assist can take you up to silly speeds!)
Dublin Street is fine as it has good surface. Have done it on a recumbent quite often.
Bell's Brae is rubbish surface so harder on a 'bent.
Good wee pull is to go along Water of Leith Path and go up to Hawthornbank and onto Belford Road. You have some gravity assist then sharp left and hill with drain cover. Short though and little traffic which means it's safe to breathe! Add ice for extra points!
Observatory Road is a good work out. Had a potential customer who worked up there.
The road to Hillend Ski Centre is a treat for the legs.
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It's not a street, and it's not signed even as shared use, but the path from Lanark Road up to Hailes Gardens, and whose name I forget, is pretty darn steep. Towards the top would be bottom gear stuff I think if you cycled it.
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So what else is there to do when you're snowed in, but sit down with online mapping and a spreadsheet and work this all out!
I've used mapmyride in the main, as it lets you view the gradient profile on the fly and tells you the maximum gradient (although I think it can't go past 20%). Where that gave me spurious readings, I used bikely. Both sites had real trouble establishing the difference between the Cowgate / Canongate and Royal Mile, so I had to leave out Niddry / Blair Streets etc.
For those who care, the working is here
Oh yes, and, the results!
Treat these with a pinch of salt (just like the Cooncil should, boom-boom!)
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Most impressive.
What about Calton Hill?
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Fantastic work, kaputnik! If the snow wasn't here, and if my ankle wasn't busy being swollen, I'd ride them all with the GPS in tow, and see what Messrs Burrell and Kao made of it.
Gloucester Street certainly wasn't one I would've thought of, but looks pretty mental on Gugol.
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What about Calton Hill?
mapmyride thinks it's a 3m climb
bikely thinks it's 6m.Either way, both are clearly wrong.
Update - Topomap on Mapsource seems to give an accurate reading. It affects the results as follows;
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I'd say Kaimes Road get's the bl**dy slog prize based on keeping up such a gradient over an impressive length ( and the fact that the Exponential Road is cheating by being on the "wrong" side of the bypass!) Pat yourself on the back (again), Anth.
In comparison, the Kingscavil Hill Climb that PS and myself undertook ran for 890m, climbed 72m which is a slightly less impressive average gradient of 8.1%. How the winner powered up that at 17mph defies belief!
West Mill Road get's the short sharp shock award, by being the "longest, short steep climb"
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If the snow wasn't here, and if my ankle wasn't busy being swollen, I'd ride them all with the GPS in tow, and see what Messrs Burrell and Kao made of it.
So. When the weather's better, CCE forum ride-cum-flickr photoessay up each of the Top 12 (swap Exponential Road for Calton Hill) to get a more accurate, GPS-based review?
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"CCE forum ride-cum-flickr photoessay up each of the Top 12 (swap Exponential Road for Calton Hill)"
Sounds good.
Route would have to include suitable teashop/pub stops.
It's a good list, but other candidates may emerge.
The wiggle in the middle adds interest.
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I demand a recount: a 4.3% hill is not killing me!!!! That's just embarrassing...
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By all means re-measure ross. There is a 20% section, and I wasn't sure where to start and end the count, it would be possible to change the average slope by lengthening / shortening appropriately
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Good luck SRD. Room on the back of my bike for 1, I'm only heading as far as the Gyle though!edit -wrong thread ;/
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"CCE forum ride-cum-flickr photoessay up each of the Top 12 (swap Exponential Road for Calton Hill)"
Good plan - I'll bring my Garmin. And a bike with gears.
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"This just about kills me each morning, but I'm not sure if that alone is enough to make it a contender."
Ah, Lilyhill... Mel's dad lives up and around from that, ridden it a couple of times, and if you include the short sharp shock up from the main road it's an absolute killer.
Have we mentioned Myreside Road to Craighouse Road yet? Up by one of the Napier bits.
And Kaputnik, that table backs up EVERYTHING I thought about Kaimes Road!
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