Canton Avenue

[Dromen]

Does anyone know how long this street is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_Avenue

[tiretrax]

I bet it feels like forever.

[tiretrax]

oops, double posted

how about: one f'ing long block.

[67-59]

Yikes! Long enough to wish you'd used different gearing...no matter what you used....

[rice rocket]

It's actually really short, what you see in that pic on the article is basically the whole hill. ~30 seconds iirc. As long as you don't slip on the cobblestones and have proper gearing, it's not horrible. Some riders are on 39x28 and make it up fine.

There's a lot more horrible hills out here.



Here's the 13 most horrible hills in Pittsburgh (Canton is 9th in this event iirc).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiu-y-WxHqc

[rwsaunders]

A little under 500 feet at 37% grade...as others have indicated, there are tougher hills in town, but Canton Avenue is no walk in the park. The Belgium block paving doesn't help either.

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/360415