Hawaii Maui's Haleakala

Anyone have any info on this climb of 36 miles up to 10,000 elevation? There
seems to be tour rides going down but not up. I guess its for the very fit
cyclists. I wanted to get info on this before I try this one. So far I
learned that its a two lane highway with no bike lanes. Also some people going
down lose control and have died going off the road.

If I go, I would like to go up and then get a ride down. Are there any
decent rental shops with good light road bikes to do the climb? I assume they
will have a 12-25 rear cassette or better.

Any other pointers would be helpful.

Jee Doy wrote:

Anyone have any info on this climb of 36 miles up to 10,000 elevation?

These write-ups are pretty decent:

http://briandesousa.com/bicycling/rides/haleakala.htm
http://home.pacbell.net/d_swiger/HaleakalaRide.htm
http://www.actc.org/stories/hlk00_da.htm
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Terry Morse wrote:

Jee Doy wrote:


Anyone have any info on this climb of 36 miles up to 10,000 elevation?


These write-ups are pretty decent:

http://briandesousa.com/bicycling/rides/haleakala.htm
http://home.pacbell.net/d_swiger/HaleakalaRide.htm
http://www.actc.org/stories/hlk00_da.htm
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I found another writeup from a Feb 2004 ascent:

http://pages.prodigy.net/hamachi/Haleakala.html

and another article from Bicycling Magazine's web site from 2002:

http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,3...ategory_id=362

(Jee Doy) wrote in
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Anyone have any info on this climb of 36 miles up to 10,000 elevation?

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Jee Doy wrote:

Anyone have any info on this climb of 36 miles up to 10,000 elevation? There
seems to be tour rides going down but not up. I guess its for the very fit
cyclists. I wanted to get info on this before I try this one. So far I
learned that its a two lane highway with no bike lanes. Also some people going
down lose control and have died going off the road.

If I go, I would like to go up and then get a ride down.

But, ... but! .... but .... but! ...... I'd have to kill anyone that
prevented me from being able to ride the descent after a climb like
that. Isn't that the reason for going up?

(..... just kinda messin' with ya')

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Chuck Anderson wrote:

If I go, I would like to go up and then get a ride down.

But, ... but! .... but .... but! ...... I'd have to kill anyone that
prevented me from being able to ride the descent after a climb like
that. Isn't that the reason for going up?

Descending can be fun, but 30+ mile descent gets pretty tedious.
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"Chuck Anderson" wrote in message
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Jee Doy wrote:

Anyone have any info on this climb of 36 miles up to 10,000 elevation?
There
seems to be tour rides going down but not up. I guess its for the very
fit
cyclists. I wanted to get info on this before I try this one. So far I
learned that its a two lane highway with no bike lanes. Also some people
going
down lose control and have died going off the road.

If I go, I would like to go up and then get a ride down.

But, ... but! .... but .... but! ...... I'd have to kill anyone that
prevented me from being able to ride the descent after a climb like
that. Isn't that the reason for going up?

Ditto, Chuck...no way I'm riding up 10,000 feet and not enjoying that
downhill!!

It would be pretty cool to see if you could break 1 hour for the descent.
It's an average 5.3% grade (278 feet of climbing per mile), so I'm guessing
1 hour for the descent would be do-able.

GG


(..... just kinda messin' with ya')

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Chuck Anderson • Boulder, CO
http://www.CycleTourist.com
Integrity is obvious.
The lack of it is common.
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Terry Morse wrote:
Chuck Anderson wrote:


If I go, I would like to go up and then get a ride down.


But, ... but! .... but .... but! ...... I'd have to kill anyone that
prevented me from being able to ride the descent after a climb like
that. Isn't that the reason for going up?


Descending can be fun, but 30+ mile descent gets pretty tedious.

But easy.

This is on my list of things to do, definitely. The closest to it that
I've ever done is Salt Lake to Park City (and back). Parley's Canyon
only feels like it's 38 miles long, but there's nearly 10K feet of
climbing in that ride, and it's always hot and dry.

What's Maui like later in the day? The earlier in the day you start, the
suckier in my book.

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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:51:30 -0700, Terry Morse wrote:

Chuck Anderson wrote:

If I go, I would like to go up and then get a ride down.

But, ... but! .... but .... but! ...... I'd have to kill anyone that
prevented me from being able to ride the descent after a climb like
that. Isn't that the reason for going up?

Descending can be fun, but 30+ mile descent gets pretty tedious.

Deployable drogue chute?
http://home.att.net/~m--sandlin/pad.htm

-B

Raptor wrote:

The closest to it that
I've ever done is Salt Lake to Park City (and back). Parley's Canyon
only feels like it's 38 miles long, but there's nearly 10K feet of
climbing in that ride, and it's always hot and dry.

You rode up I-80 to Park City? That doesn't seem to be a pleasant
route. I'll be there in a couple of weeks, but riding on I-80 wasn't
on my list. Do you have any recommendations for hilly routes that
don't incluude the interstate?

One of my favorite long climbs is the final one of the Everest
Challenge. It starts down in the Owens Valley in Big Pine, at 4,000
feet. It climbs about 21 miles into the Bristlecone Pine Forest to
10,000 feet. 2.5 hours up, 52 minutes down.

http://bike.terrymorse.com/esierra04.../IMG_0597.html

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