9/8/14 9:55 AM

http://cyclepass.com/t_por_Barlow_Pass.html

This is about an hour from me. Making me think the MTB cranks for the grinder Sirrus will be the ticket.





My elevation plot, so you go south down slope then back up. I like when the return is downhill better myself. ;) Although the last 2-3 mile looks like a coast back to the start...

9/8/14 12:52 PM

Why do the beginning and ending elevations differ greatly? Not an out and back ride, I gather.

4K+ elevation is quite high. It might make for a chilly descent, especially after working up a sweat on the way up.

9/8/14 1:04 PM

A valley traverse I am guessing. The roads zig zag quite a bit. If yo can call them roads. Some a cart could go down, doubt they would though...

9/8/14 5:34 PM

Ride it.

Here's what I got Saturday:

http://www.northeastcycling.com/Hillclimb_Races.html#Greylock

Beautiful climb, right in my old 'hood, done it a bunch of times, first in '74. Think I can still drag my fat a$$ up it.

9/8/14 5:35 PM

Nice.

My sis that just moved to Phoenix, last east coast hold out in our family...

She lived for years near the High Top area and did many many a hike in steep terrain. In NY state actually just over the border. You could see the High Top peak from her front yard.

She has a chrome frame early cool MTB I gave her decades ago. But lacked the motivation to ride that steep stuff. Bike weighs 40 lbs probably. ;)

But many a mile in the Mohonk area where she lived before that in New Paltz...


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9/8/14 6:10 PM

http://velodirt.com/rides/