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Your favorite climbs
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| kissaha |
Posted on 02-06-2011 21:47
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I have two favorite climbs:
Col du Parpaillon
Climbbybike:
https://climbbybike.com/climb.asp?Col=...ainID=6665
Trollstigen
Climbbybike:
https://www.climbbybike.com/climb.asp?...ainID=7485
And there is a "neat" game where you can drive up this climb here (in Norwegian):
https://www.tv2underholdning.no/broom/...oom/spill/
What are your favorite climbs?
Edited by kissaha on 02-06-2011 21:54
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| Kami |
Posted on 02-06-2011 22:10
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I have a bridge, does that count? 
It's flat here, unless i go to the Flemish Ardennes (RvV), but i ain't really one for the short steep climbs. I might do the Stelvio this summer, so i'll let it know.
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 02-06-2011 22:13
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I have to say Trollstigen (was there in August 2008), but also Stelvio looks amazing. |
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| kissaha |
Posted on 02-06-2011 22:16
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Kami wrote:
I have a bridge, does that count?
It's flat here, unless i go to the Flemish Ardennes (RvV), but i ain't really one for the short steep climbs. I might do the Stelvio this summer, so i'll let it know.
I'm no cyclist myself, but have a fascination with big mountains. So instead of using a bike, I drive. I had originally planned a trip to the alps this summer, but bought an apartment instead. But I'm definitively going to the Alps at a later point. |
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| kissaha |
Posted on 02-06-2011 22:16
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Montolivo wrote:
I have to say Trollstigen (was there in August 2008), but also Stelvio looks amazing.
Trollstigen is on my to-do-list, and I might even go there this summer.
Edited by kissaha on 02-06-2011 22:21
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| Il Grillo |
Posted on 02-06-2011 22:31
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My favourite climb is the Albula, small roads, beautiful varied landscape, almost no traffic, not to steep so you can easily roll up there.
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| I_Mayo |
Posted on 02-06-2011 22:45
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I remember that Top Gear group was searching for the greatest road in the world and most of the roads they rode were through climbs. If I remember well they rode Stelvio too. But in the end the greatest road was some climb in Romania(which had very, very hard name).
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 02-06-2011 22:58
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I_Mayo wrote:
I remember that Top Gear group was searching for the greatest road in the world and most of the roads they rode were through climbs. If I remember well they rode Stelvio too. But in the end the greatest road was some climb in Romania(which had very, very hard name).
Transfaragasan
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| kumazan |
Posted on 02-06-2011 22:59
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I_Mayo wrote:
I remember that Top Gear group was searching for the greatest road in the world and most of the roads they rode were through climbs. If I remember well they rode Stelvio too. But in the end the greatest road was some climb in Romania(which had very, very hard name).
Transfagarasan yeah. Beaten by SN.
Mine is the Marmolada, btw. Stunning scenery.
Edited by kumazan on 02-06-2011 22:59
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| issoisso |
Posted on 02-06-2011 23:23
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| MitchNL |
Posted on 02-06-2011 23:28
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I have many favourite climbs, but 1 jumps out of the other ones. It isn't long, but very steep: the Keutenberg (Amstel Gold Race)
https://www.climbbybike.com/climb.asp?...ainID=7192
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| Roman |
Posted on 02-06-2011 23:34
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Kitzbüheler Horn
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-06-2011 23:46
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kumazan wrote:
Mine is the Marmolada, btw. Stunning scenery.
+ 1. And the Alpe D'Huez. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 03-06-2011 00:03
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This looks pretty cool but Im not sure it has much of a gradient.
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| DJP19 |
Posted on 03-06-2011 00:35
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Where is that?
Edited by DJP19 on 03-06-2011 00:47
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| DJP19 |
Posted on 03-06-2011 00:49
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If anyone's ever near Lake Placid I recommend Whiteface Mountain. 8km with an average of 8% and steepest section of 12%. Not to mention a stunning view all the way up.
Don't have a picture of the road, but heres the view of the mountain(road climb is from the North side).
Edited by DJP19 on 03-06-2011 00:50
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 03-06-2011 01:31
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DJP19 wrote:
Where is that?
Guoliang Tunnel Road, China.
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| lennybernstein |
Posted on 03-06-2011 01:47
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I have yet to experience any of the classic climbs in mainland Europe, but my favourite/most feared climb in England is Hardnott Pass, which is 30% in places.[img][/img]
Edited by lennybernstein on 03-06-2011 01:48
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 03-06-2011 08:42
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Alpe d'Huez's scenery isn't that great, you can see Bourg d'Oisans in the Valley, but that's about it.
La Croix de Fer (from Bourg d'Oisans) has a much more gorgeous scenery.
I don't have one favourite climb, actually. I don't know so many of them with a precise idea, so my opinion wouldn't make much sense. I'll let that to PCM's stage makers. |
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