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For Sean Kelly

  • 22-07-2010 1:38pm
    #1
    nancy7711
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭


    What grade percentage would Patricks Hill in Cork be compared to the steepest hill in the Tour?
    Thank you, Marty from Ireland


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  • #2
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    nancy7711 wrote: »
    What grade percentage would Patricks Hill in Cork be compared to the steepest hill in the Tour?
    Thank you, Marty from Ireland

    This is not the Eurosport forum, though Sean is very welcome to post here. :)


  • #3
    Funkyzeit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Funkyzeit


    Lumen wrote: »
    This is not the Eurosport forum, though Sean is very welcome to post here. :)

    Maybe we've been chosen to replace the eurosport forums. I reckon most of us here would do a better job than Carlton..


  • #4
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    The percentage would possibly be the same, or a little bit steeper than the toughest climb in the tour, but it's also very short -the high mountains are a little less steep, but drastically longer (13+ km)


  • #5
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    TinyExplosions wrote: »
    The percentage would possibly be the same, or a little bit steeper than the toughest climb in the tour, but it's also very short -the high mountains are a little less steep, but drastically longer (13+ km)

    Thanks, Seán.


  • #6
    NickDrake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭NickDrake


    Is Patricks hill not 20%??

    The climbs in the tour rarely go above 10 or 11 %. I am not talking average here. It is just that they are so long that makes them tough.


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,427 ✭ [Deleted User]


    The steepest part of St. Patrick's hill is 25%. But that only lasts about 50-100m at most. The entire hill is maybe 200 -300 m long.


  • #8
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,668 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Max gradient 25% but I've no average gradient.

    Source TOI organisation.


  • #9
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    NickDrake wrote: »
    Is Patricks hill not 20%??

    The climbs in the tour rarely go above 10 or 11 %. I am not talking average here. It is just that they are so long that makes them tough.

    There's quite a few ramps that are up to 16, 17% on some of the big climbs


  • #10
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Raam wrote: »
    Thanks, Seán.

    No problem, now I have to get back to the papers


  • #11
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    TinyExplosions wrote: »
    No problem, now I have to get back to the papers

    Can you explain what the GC is?


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  • #12
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    TinyExplosions wrote: »
    No problem, now I have to get back to the papers

    :D I still laugh at that each time I think of him saying he wasn't listening as he was reading the papers.

    Can we post our Santy requests here come December ? Maybe have a Santa Request subforum to keep it tidy.


  • #13
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Raam wrote: »
    Can you explain what the GC is?

    It is a common type of chromatography used in analytic chemistry for separating and analyzing compounds that can be vaporized without decomposition.


  • #14
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    TinyExplosions wrote: »
    It is a common type of chromatography used in analytic chemistry for separating and analyzing compounds that can be vaporized without decomposition.

    It's so obvious once you explain it.


  • #15
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Raam wrote: »
    It's so obvious once you explain it.

    There are some people reading here for the first time, so I like to explain the little things for them


  • #16
    DinaElla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 55 ✭✭DinaElla


    was down in a place called Tallow Co. Waterford and saw this hill on the way out towards lismore ... (Tallow Hill) .. looked a tough one to get up

    http://www.mapmyride.com/route/ie/null/cork/574127980503825455


  • #17
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    I'd like to hear Seán's opinion on black socks.


  • #18
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Raam wrote: »
    I'd like to hear Seán's opinion on black socks.

    Well... I tink that in the tewer ye have to wear what's given to ye... I don't have a problem with any kind of socks really


  • #19
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    But you said last year on TV "I like white socks". Have you changed your mind?


  • #20
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Question for Seán: are piercings, scarification and tattoos acceptable in the pro peloton?


  • #21
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,504 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    Sean, would you ever ride a pink bike?


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  • #22
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    el tonto wrote: »
    But you said last year on TV "I like white socks". Have you changed your mind?

    Well ye know, it's a changeable situation really.... white, black, grey, they're all the same really... it's just socks at the end of the day... and I suppose they aren't really black, just very very very very very very dark blue
    Raam wrote: »
    Question for Seán: are piercings, scarification and tattoos acceptable in the pro peloton?

    No


  • #23
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    DirkVoodoo wrote: »
    Sean, would you ever ride a pink bike?

    I've ridden the pink bike manys a time when I was younger, these days I find it harder


  • #24
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,504 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    Sean, who do you request first in "Creation" nightclub from the DJ: Clancy brothers or Lady Gaga?


  • #25
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    For Sean: who would win in a hill climb up the Madeleine? Cav or Cipo?


  • #26
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    TinyExplosions wrote: »
    I've ridden the pink bike manys a time when I was younger

    I'll bet you have.


  • #27
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    DirkVoodoo wrote: »
    Sean, who do you request first in "Creation" nightclub from the DJ: Clancy brothers or Lady Gaga?

    Well, I quite like all them fellas, but for me it'd have to be a nice lady singing, like Celine Dion -the wife loves it
    Raam wrote: »
    For Sean: who would win in a hill climb up the Madeleine? Cav or Cipo?

    Depends on if there was a bunch sprint at the end


  • #28
    Funkyzeit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Funkyzeit


    Dear Sean,
    Which type of Cows give better dairy yield - Fresians or Jerseys?


  • #29
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Funkyzeit wrote: »
    Dear Sean,
    Which type of Cows give better dairy yield - Fresians or Jerseys?

    I'm a fan of the black whitehead myself, though Jersey milk is some of the finest in the world


  • #30
    damoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭damoz


    DinaElla wrote: »
    was down in a place called Tallow Co. Waterford and saw this hill on the way out towards lismore ... (Tallow Hill) .. looked a tough one to get up

    http://www.mapmyride.com/route/ie/null/cork/574127980503825455

    complete OT but ive been up that hill many times. short but very sharp. only have a standard double, so standing on the pedals a la contador (in my mind anyway) is the only way i can get up it.

    Edit : in keeping with the thread, as SK would say, its a hewer


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