14% grade every day!
Originally Posted by
Machka
We've moved since this thread, and we're now in the middle of a hill, so our street hits about a 14% grade roughly in front of our place.
The town we live in right now is really hilly. We picked our apartment because it is in the flatter part of the region, although living here adds a 4 extra miles to our commute.
We live next to a fairly transited 55mph rural road. So we don't get a lot of quiet. But the shoulders are paved and wide enough to fit a car. This makes commuting on them pretty safe. Since we are a bit out of town, the scenery is quite nice. We are at the top of a hill, and we get some nice views of Cayuga lake.
The coolest part of where we live is that there are miles and miles of rural roads with very light traffic behind us. It's great being able to do all sort of long rides starting form our front door.