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Steep Roads

Raam · 2007-11-27 12:04:38

I found this while browsing BikeRader: http://deputy-dog.com/2007/09/18/the-steepest-streets-in-the-world/ What have we got in Ireland to compare? I wonder if the road from the proposed steep hill race would figure in that list.

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27-11-2007 1:04pm

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Raam

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I found this while browsing BikeRader: http://deputy-dog.com/2007/09/18/the-steepest-streets-in-the-world/

What have we got in Ireland to compare? I wonder if the road from the proposed steep hill race would figure in that list.

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#2 27-11-2007 2:27pm
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Great link Raam,

Where would Knockmaroon Hill figure in this kind of assessment?

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#3 27-11-2007 2:32pm
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unionman wrote: »

Great link Raam,

Where would Knockmaroon Hill figure in this kind of assessment?

I think I've done that one, didn't find it too bad. Nice and short from what I remember.
http://wikimapia.org/59623/

Edit: I might be thinking of somewhere else nearby. I'll have to check it out again.

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#4 27-11-2007 3:40pm
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Thats the one, fairly steep but a short distance aswell

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#5 27-11-2007 5:26pm
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Patricks Hill in Cork has to be one of steepest

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#6 27-11-2007 7:43pm
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crashoveroid wrote: »

Patricks Hill in Cork has to be one of steepest

I think its only 1:5 = 20%, the next one over I think Matthews Hill is steeper, but shorter.

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#7 27-11-2007 7:59pm
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Victor wrote: »

I think its only 1:5 = 20%, the next one over I think Matthews Hill is steeper, but shorter.

Would that be the average gradient, because I'm sure it's steeper towards the top?

I don't think Knockmaroon Hill is any worse than 20% max. What about the Devil's Glen? That one is sheer evil. It goes on a bit, and just when you think you're nearly at the top you go around a bend and it gets steeper still.

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#8 27-11-2007 10:45pm
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Devil's Glen in 12.0%. You can calculate these using www.bikeroutetoaster.com and marking out a route that is the meatiest part on the hill.

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#9 28-11-2007 12:35am
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Devil's Glen is a tough one. I've found the road to the right of the church in Howth Village to be fairly steep. It's short thought, so it isn't the worst around.

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#10 28-11-2007 1:31pm
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I'm pretty sure Stepaside Lane (directly from Stepaside Village up towards Ballemonduff Road) is well over 20% at the steep bits (my altimeter certainly thinks so.)

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#11 28-11-2007 2:30pm
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none of them compare to the service road to the top of mt leinter, monster hill.

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#12 28-11-2007 3:07pm
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There's some road near the Sally Gap that goes up to a TV aerial. I've seen it but never gone up it. Has anyone attempted it? One chap said it's the highest road in Ireland.

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#13 28-11-2007 3:30pm
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Before the Rathnew by-pass, if you went through the village heading south, turn right at the junction and after about 200m turn left under the railway ... up that hill is fierce!

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