Cameras flatten out the gradient without careful set up. But 20% gradient is steep (and you’ll likely have steeper sections in there), almost no one would ever say riding up a 20% gradient is easy- even the pros had second thoughts about gearing when the Tour came to Yorkshire.
BoringBob84 on
Yikes! I hope that you were zig-zagging. 😥
Hi_Im_Ken_Adams on
Anything over 13% is painful to me. At 19% I would have to start zig-zagging
MegaBobTheMegaSlob on
Yeah 19% is no joke. I did a 103 mile Gran Fondo that had a climb that averaged 17% but peaked at 21% for a section and I was dying even with the super low gearing on my gravel bike
Mon_Calf on
I recently climbed Bunker Hill in Boston on a single speed during a group ride. It was truly incredible to be frozen still while gravity pulled me back and my pedal force tried to push me forward. Did it though!
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Cameras flatten out the gradient without careful set up. But 20% gradient is steep (and you’ll likely have steeper sections in there), almost no one would ever say riding up a 20% gradient is easy- even the pros had second thoughts about gearing when the Tour came to Yorkshire.
Yikes! I hope that you were zig-zagging. 😥
Anything over 13% is painful to me. At 19% I would have to start zig-zagging
Yeah 19% is no joke. I did a 103 mile Gran Fondo that had a climb that averaged 17% but peaked at 21% for a section and I was dying even with the super low gearing on my gravel bike
I recently climbed Bunker Hill in Boston on a single speed during a group ride. It was truly incredible to be frozen still while gravity pulled me back and my pedal force tried to push me forward. Did it though!