Leeds road with the greatest height range from its lowest to highest point

Richard A Thackeray · Sun 25 Sep, 2011 11:13 pm

SKE wrote: For ai while whilst training for my ride up Chimney Bank, I would search for the steepest street around and then I tried to calculate which was steepest using Map My Run- much simpler is to cycle up and gauge how hard it was and what gear you had to resort to use! I've never ridden up Rosedale, but have suffered over 'The Strine's with a lowest gear of 42 x 19 Then carried on up, over the A616, up to Cranberry Crossroads, & hence into Penistone, that's a heck of a drag in that gear.....It was almost 20 years ago, but I've never done it since with gearing like that!!

electricaldave · Post by **electricaldave** » Mon 26 Sep, 2011 12:52 am

Thats a rather large gear for climbing, I assume you were on a 13-19 close ratio block?I remember riding up there and Lisa Brambani joined us, seemed to think it was a bit of a jape letting us men know how how easy is was to her.Mind you, she'd ridden all of maybe 30 or so miles from Mirfield, whereas we were already on the way back from Clumber park and had done something over 60 with a further 30 or 40 or more to go - she got some short shrift, when she announced,'Don't you me? I'm Lisa Brambani' as she merrily sailed on her wayTo which the reply she got from one of our crew was quite unprintable. Didn't help her really since a number of our club were on reasonably familiar terms with BB and her daughter and so were not all that impressed.

Si · Post by Si » Mon 26 Sep, 2011 11:41 am

RichT wrote: East Chevin Road??, from the junction with Gay Lane (or is that being too simplistic) That's over 600 feet in quite a short distance, so must be a contender (depending on boundaries.)

SKE · Post by **SKE** » Tue 27 Sep, 2011 10:34 pm

The following site allows you to place points on maps and see the elevation, I worked out East Chevin Road climbs from Gay Lane around (231 feet) to it's highest point at 776 feet. That is some climbing!http://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google ... titude.htm

Richard A Thackeray · Tue 27 Sep, 2011 11:01 pm

Si wrote: RichT wrote: East Chevin Road??, from the junction with Gay Lane (or is that being too simplistic) That's over 600 feet in quite a short distance, so must be a contender (depending on boundaries.) I know it's a genuine 60MPH hill riding down it! electricaldave wrote: Thats a rather large gear for climbing, I assume you were on a 13-19 close ratio block?I remember riding up there and Lisa Brambani joined us, seemed to think it was a bit of a jape letting us men know how how easy is was to her Yes, a 12-19, or a 13-19 (7-speed) on an Orbit America, bought from 'Two Wheels Good'I think it was even before John Stevenson & Brant Richards worked there!!Lisa Brambani!!There's a name from the past!!!!It'd be interesting to see how she'd rival the present day girls ('ditto' with BB) in a road-race.. ie; Nicole Cooke, Emma Pooley, Lizzie (from Otley) Armitstead

iansmithofotley · Post by **iansmithofotley** » Tue 27 Sep, 2011 11:32 pm

"I know it's a genuine 60MPH hill riding down it!"Hi RichT,You are right but the speed limit is 30 mph!!!Ian