Hills
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I’ve been playing around a bit with bikemetro.com. This site will do route mapping like Mapquest, but for bikes. And they include information about hills and such.
So I decided to look up Fargo St. They say it’s 0.13 miles and 151 vertical feet. Then I looked up Nolden St in Eagle Rock. This is the ridiculously steep hill that I like to ride up. I figure it’s good practice for Fargo St. They say it’s 0.11 miles and 134 feet up. So they are pretty comparable.
Just for comparison, I went to www.topozone.com to get the maps for both places. Looking at the contours on the map for Fargo St and the map for Nolden St indicates agreement with the bikemetro elevation data.
But we know what’s really important here: It’s fun to ride up ridiculous hills.
February 11th, 2005 at 9:40 pm
I wish we had bikemetro.com coverage up here (San Francisco/San Jose). There are a few places where obstacles make it really difficult to find a way from one nice riding area to another.
I’ll be down South on the day of the Fargo Street climb, but we’ll be at the Murrieta stage race. Once again, our paths don’t quite meet. Have fun – I’ll be looking forward to a posting on the climb.
February 11th, 2005 at 11:51 pm
I didn’t even know about that race. We (my usual Sunday riding group) were going to ride out to San Dimas to see the criterium stage of the race there that day. But then we found out that Fargo St. was that day. So Gene (the ride leader) decided that we would ride to Fargo St. since when push comes to shove, I’d rather *do* something than watch other people do something. So we’re going to Fargo, and I should have some pictures and a report about it when it’s done.