Baldwin Street again...The Worlds Steepest Street

damn, when I read the title, I thought it was something about zack
baldwin riding. o well haha

that is a really steep hill


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Every time I look at that street, it makes me wonder how many bulldozers
were killed in the making of it.


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ivan wrote:
Every time I look at that street, it makes me wonder how many bulldozers
were killed in the making of it.



I think the streets in Dunedin are the way they are because they were
planned from the other side of the world. In fact, most of the streets
are the same as in Edinburgh, Scotland. Unfortunately, the planners
forgot that there were hills in the way. So they built the roads
straight over them, instead of winding them around the hill.


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How's this compare to the steeper sections of slickrock in moab?
Similar except the street is longer? I can't really judge grade by
looking at it.


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Seager wrote:
How's this compare to the steeper sections of slickrock in moab?
Similar except the street is longer? I can't really judge grade by
looking at it.



The steep section at the beginning of the moab rim trail averages out
to about 21% (though there are sections that are much steeper). I'm
not sure about the slickrock trail.

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I'd love to ride my bike down that street.

I find Unicycling down hills to be a pain in the ass. Not to mention
riding up one that steep.


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We have a hill. It is called spew hill (imaginative locals)

have not tried it on a unicycle. My campervan could not climb up it,
that is probably why it was a campervan and not a climbervan.


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I imagine this hill is unglideable? I'm imagining vb or muzzle trying
it. Resulting in faceplants


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Klaas Bil wrote:
That is actually the current plan!

Peleschramm, you don't have to judge from a picture. Baldwin street is
38% and you can measure 'your' steep street with this:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/inclinometer.htm



Apparently it's 'only' 35%, making it probably the 2nd steepest street
in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Street,_Dunedin

Still absolutely insanely steep to ride up.

On the subject of insanely steep places to ride up, Ken - you should
try to ride up 'Mt Fyffe'
(http://www.tramper.co.nz/index.cfm?view=object&id=360) - that is
*very* steep, averages roughly 20% (1400m in 7km), but what they don't
tell you is that there are some flat sections in there so the steepest
bit is way steeper.

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