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Jobst:
I think you should look at the photo again. Look at the houses in the distance. They are a long ways
down a very short road. Look at the angle of the closest house on the right - which happens to be at
the start of the "relatively flat" section. The lead person walking may be partially on his heel but
is definitely climbing. The second person is entirely on her toes. The rider appears to be in her
lowest granny gear. It also appears that she is just about to transition from a "relatively" flat
section back into a steeper section of the climb - similar to the one that had been crested 50 or so
yards before.
MOO, Matt
[email protected] wrote:
>Terry Morse writes:
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>>>What do you think, what is the maximum slope on a road, which is possible to overcome on a bike?
>>>If I remember well on the Vuelta the max slope of some mountain stages was up till 23%. Is it the
>>>maximum, or a man can overcome the higher slope?
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>>This year's Giro d'Italia had one short section of 27%. Filbert St. in San Francisco is 31.5%. The
>>steepest road in the world is in New Zealand, and it has been climbed by bicycle:
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http://scasagrande.tripod.com/NZ3b/
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>Interesting. I'm not sure what to believe. The rider in the picture is neither in a position of
>great forceful climbing nor is his equipment up to the task. It seems this is a posed static shot
>or the hill is not as steep as claimed. It's hard to tell from an in-line photo. The text is also
>not encouraging since 38 degrees is not even walkable, feet facing forward, However, the walking
>people have their feet flat on the road. The ankle of the average human cannot approach that angle.
>Filbert street uses stairs for pedestrians at 31.5%, this road is 79%. I don't believe it, at least
>not for the portion of the road shown. The rider in the picture should do an end-over just holding
>the rear brake at this inclination, standing as he is.
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># We hopped a bus down to Dunedin (we've seen the east coast before), and found the famous Baldwin
># Street hill, noted in the Guinness Book of World Records as the steepest road in the world at
># 1:1.266, or an astounding 38 degrees. Stairs climb the hill on the sides, and people can get a
># certificate for just walking up the thing.
>
>Where are the real figures?
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>Jobst Brandt
[email protected] Palo Alto CA
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</head> <body> Jobst:<br> <br> I think you should look at the photo again. Look at the houses
in the distance. They are a long ways down a very short road. Look at the angle of the
closest house on the right - which happens to be at the start of the "relatively flat" section.
The lead person walking may be partially on his heel but is definitely climbing. The
second person is entirely on her toes. The rider appears to be in her lowest granny gear.
It also appears that she is just about to transition from a "relatively" flat section back
into a steeper section of the climb - similar to the one that had been crested 50 or so yards
before. <br> <br> MOO,<br> Matt<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="
mailto:[email protected]">
[email protected]</a> wrote:<br>
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[email protected]"> <pre wrap="">Terry
Morse writes:
</pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">What do you think, what is
the maximum slope on a road, which is possible to overcome on a bike? If I remember well on the
Vuelta the max slope of some mountain stages was up till 23%. Is it the maximum, or a man can
overcome the higher slope? </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> </pre>
<blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">This year's Giro d'Italia had one short section of 27%.
Filbert St. in San Francisco is 31.5%. The steepest road in the world is in New Zealand, and it
has been climbed by bicycle: </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> </pre> <blockquote
type="cite"> <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="
http://scasagrande.tripod.com/NZ3b/">
http://scasagrande.tripod.com/NZ3b/</a> </pre>
</blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> Interesting. I'm not sure what to believe. The rider in the
picture is neither in a position of great forceful climbing nor is his equipment up to the task.
It seems this is a posed static shot or the hill is not as steep as claimed. It's hard to tell
from an in-line photo. The text is also not encouraging since 38 degrees is not even walkable,
feet facing forward, However, the walking people have their feet flat on the road. The ankle of
the average human cannot approach that angle. Filbert street uses stairs for pedestrians at
31.5%, this road is 79%. I don't believe it, at least not for the portion of the road shown. The
rider in the picture should do an end-over just holding the rear brake at this inclination,
standing as he is.
# We hopped a bus down to Dunedin (we've seen the east coast before), and found the famous Baldwin
# Street hill, noted in the Guinness Book of World Records as the steepest road in the world at
# 1:1.266, or an astounding 38 degrees. Stairs climb the hill on the sides, and people can get a
# certificate for just walking up the thing.
Where are the real figures?
Jobst Brandt <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="
mailto:[email protected]">
[email protected]</a> Palo Alto CA
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