route map/hill climbing resource?

[eddieo]

anyone know of a map resource that tells you how steep a certain hill is?

I usually go the long way around but I got up one last week that I have been thinking I could not manage but I did ............ Stambourne Way London SE19 2PY. it is the one next to Sylvan hill which my GP rides up on her push bike

 

[flecc]

I don't know of any, but it's easy enough to measure yourself. The following post of mine shows how:

Measuring hill gradients
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[Orraman]

Not sure if this is what you want.
It has a profiling ability for a chosen map route.
Dave

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[JuicyBike]

Not sure if this is what you want.
It has a profiling ability for a chosen map route.
Dave

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Brilliant!

 

[eddieo]

Thanks chaps! Orraman's link seems good. I did a route on the hill in question but software wont allow me to copy graph and statistics, so you lot can tell me what the info means

elevation V distance
Length 0.26 miles
Max 380 ft Min 305 ft
Mean grade 4.3%

OK so copied this from graph...is the important bit the "mean grade" at 4.3%? Is this what Flecc means when he says:

"Do you get puzzled over all this talk of 5% or 12% hills, all just mumbo jumbo, or even if you understand it, do you know how to classify your hills to compare them?"

If this is right then this is an excellent bit of software for finding out gradient of any hills that bother you

 

[flecc]

The mean grade is the average slope steepness over the hill length of 0.26 miles in this case Eddie.

The problem is that can include a part which is very steep with some that is hardly steep at all, which when combined makes up the mean or average.

Therefore the mean is only helpful when the degree of slope is consistent. Many of my hills are very far from that, parts more then twice as steep as others, and that's where measuring yourself is better since you can just measure the steepest bits that really matter.

The measuring rod I use is based on a 50 cm length which is easy to carry attached to the crossbar or sticking out from the carrier, using half centimetres on the vertical rule to indicate the percentages.
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[eddieo]

Thanks Flecc, But your method means stopping on the hill!

 

[flecc]

Thanks Flecc, But your method means stopping on the hill!

Of course, but it is only a one off. You'll find that after a couple of trips out to check the hills you use you'll be able to judge many other hills without measuring from the experience you've gathered.
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[eddieo]

Of course, but it is only a one off. You'll find that after a couple of trips out to check the hills you use you'll be able to judge many other hills without measuring from the experience you've gathered.
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True.......I will give it a go!