The 2008 Sea-To-Sea Bike tour: 219 cyclists. 6246 km. 3881 miles. 62 days. The largest cross-continental bike tour ever.
Starting in Seattle on June 28, and ending in Jersey City on Aug 30.

Why? This is all about raising awareness and raising money to help fight the root causes of global poverty.

Showing posts with label hills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hills. Show all posts

Friday, May 2, 2008

the hill

Hey folks,

Did a quick 25km loop this morning, visited this nasty hill for the 2nd time. This time I remembered to bring a camera with me.

Oxford St west past London city limits. (actually I'm looking back east) A bit of an overcast morning, rain is likely on the way.



I think I'm under the limit...



Stopped about 1/8-1/4 of the way up the hill and looked back...

and forward...

First, I don't recommend stopping partway on a hill. Makes it hard to get going again.

Second, I need to work on my camera skills as these photos don't really convey just how steep this hill is on the bike. How do you estimate hill steepness anyway? I think it was like a 4:12 roof pitch at least.

Happy Friday!