Steepest Road in The OC
04-04-07, 01:01 PM
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Steepest Road in The OC
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Originally Posted by maddmike
It avoids all the crap at PCH and adds a couple hundred feet of climbing.
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mike, are you talking to yourself again?
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Originally Posted by dog hair
mike, are you talking to yourself again?
04-04-07, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by maddmike
What??? Who said that?
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Acacia is the steepest one I know of. Well done not flipping over backwards 
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Originally Posted by cjbruin
Acacia is the steepest one I know of. Well done not flipping over backwards
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Originally Posted by cjbruin
Acacia is the steepest one I know of. Well done not flipping over backwards
Or maybe that was the other madmike, who knows...
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Originally Posted by maddmike
Third Street is really steep and I want to try it someday.
Or maybe that was the other madmike, who knows...
Or maybe that was the other madmike, who knows...
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If you guys don't mind heading down to San Diego, https://www.sdreader.com/php/ma_show.php?id=131; but then again, you guys have Fargo.
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Originally Posted by madmike
We were thinking of riding 3rd st together... although I mapped it on Bikely and it was only 18%. Acacia is 20-21%.
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3rd St in Laguna Beach is 29%
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zomboid threadski... nyes off of pch in southern laguna beach up to the park at the top has always been a paved tuffy. cove dr in dana point has a decent stretch but nyes is much harder.
there are likely a few bumps-like modjeska grade (off of southern scr) heading west-that are steeper but when the grade extends on and on...
this is a good place to start...
https://www.strava.com/activities/97908637
puente/la habra hills or laguna beach are the best places in ohcee co to get your best climb on within a relatively concentrated area...bang for the buck.
less auto traffic in puente/la habra hills but 5x more likely to get lost. #tradeoffs.
there are likely a few bumps-like modjeska grade (off of southern scr) heading west-that are steeper but when the grade extends on and on...
this is a good place to start...
https://www.strava.com/activities/97908637
puente/la habra hills or laguna beach are the best places in ohcee co to get your best climb on within a relatively concentrated area...bang for the buck.
less auto traffic in puente/la habra hills but 5x more likely to get lost. #tradeoffs.
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03-21-23, 06:23 PM
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ooga-booga took me up some road without telling me about it first. Assuming he did it on purpose.
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Tycho Brahe we did scr eastbound and pacific view southbound so i figured you were down since you always beat me to the top anyway.
it was nyes place in laguna beach and a lot tamer than some of the questionable stuff we've done/ridden.
it was nyes place in laguna beach and a lot tamer than some of the questionable stuff we've done/ridden.
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If we include gravel trails, then East Ridgeview Trail (southbound) leading up to the high point in Peters Canyon is very steep. I usually hike this with my son, but I have once seen a very fit woman ride slowly up on a MTB with a humongous cassette. Her power to weight ratio must be very good. I do not recall her suspension setup as I do not ride MTB, but I don't think one can make it on a gravel bike.
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In Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, there's a street off Bayside Drive, "Fernleaf Avenue". A few years ago, was there a neighborhood concern that Fernleaf Avenue should be a "one way" street? Did that ever happen?
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diphthong took me up some road without telling me about it first. Assuming he did it on purpose.
