Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Oof! I feel sorry for you! I rode through Pittsburgh in 2015 and went from downtown to the airport along Steuben Street. I should have known something was up when I went past the funiculars
Ha! Yeah, Pittsburgh can be challenging. You could have tried Canton Avenue, it's only 1/10 mile long, but it is a 37% grade.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/canton-avenueThen there are these:
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2016/1...ittsburgh.html
Each year there is a race called, The Dirty Dozen, it is a 50 mile race including 13 of the steepest hills in Pittsburgh, including Canton Ave.
https://www.bikepgh.org/2017/11/13/d...zen-challenge/