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13-04.-2004, 12:21 PM
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Hell of The west
A few months ago there was some debate about the distance & gradient of
the Hell of The West climb. Well I actually climbed it on Monday and recorded the data on my S710 HR Monitor. The official details are below: Distance from start of steep part to top = 1.2K Gradient = 13.7% average (Steepest Part = 15.9% Total Ascent = 125M approximately. I tried to use a 39/23 but I was in the 39/25 after about 100M. Hitchy got off and walked. The last 100M is incredible. The strain on your arms and handle bars is enormous (I thought I was going to snap the head stem). I made it but suffered big time. See the following link for the altitude map: Click on Hill Climbs http://marcan.customer.netspace.net.au/ Cheers Madone Man -- |
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13-04.-2004, 02:21 PM
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Re: Hell of The west
Nasty stuff indeed!
you sure about that Tawonga Gap data tho? 9.8 km sounds way too long. I had it pegged at 6.3km making the gradient approx 8-9% Makes that BawBaw classic climb very scary indeed. My cuzz who did the alpine on 42-21 concedes he may lower himself to 39-26! (cheeky bugger!!!) -- |
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13-04.-2004, 08:11 PM
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Re: Hell of The west
In QLD, the Hell of the West is the long course triathlon staged in
Goondiwindi "madoneman" <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote in message news:y0Jec.38182$JA4.28757@fe20.usenetserver.com... > A few months ago there was some debate about the distance & gradient of > the Hell of The West climb. > > Well I actually climbed it on Monday and recorded the data on my S710 HR > Monitor. The official details are below: > > Distance from start of steep part to top = 1.2K Gradient = 13.7% average > (Steepest Part = 15.9% Total Ascent = 125M approximately. > > I tried to use a 39/23 but I was in the 39/25 after about 100M. Hitchy > got off and walked. The last 100M is incredible. The strain on your > arms and handle bars is enormous (I thought I was going to snap the > head stem). > > I made it but suffered big time. > > See the following link for the altitude map: Click on Hill Climbs > http://marcan.customer.netspace.net.au/ > > Cheers > > Madone Man > > > > -- > > |
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