Joel wrote: not done it then slackboy.. kicks up nasty in a couple of places

It's sub 10 tho, errr don't quote me on that

Stun wrote: I don't think 9 minute climbs should be counted...

I think you'd need to see the road in question to understand why it should be counted. It's a real steep fucker.

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I've been timing myself up the backside of Makara - From the yellow sign at the bottom of the hill (100m or so before the cemetary) to the top where there's two telephone poles on either side of the road that ya pass through.

I did 12 mins 56 seconds today, down from 15 mins+ earlier in the month.

...that's why I said it would take me 20 minutes to get up, 15 to get down.
Sheeesh.

Stun wrote:
...it'd be closer to 20 minutes up, 15 minutes down

See

broklyn hill, willis st and abel smith lights to turbine carpark 29 min

Bottom of Maida Vale road to Mt Vic Summit 9min 05

So small they arn't hills you talk of they're speed humps any thing less than 45 minutes is a joke. But im living in the French Alps.

happybaboon wrote:

Stun wrote: I don't think 9 minute climbs should be counted...

I think you'd need to see the road in question to understand why it should be counted. It's a real steep fucker.

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I've been timing myself up the backside of Makara - From the yellow sign at the bottom of the hill (100m or so before the cemetary) to the top where there's two telephone poles on either side of the road that ya pass through.

I did 12 mins 56 seconds today, down from 15 mins+ earlier in the month.

Sounds like you climb at my sort of speed Babs. I plan on going around that way on Boxing Day... will see what time I get.

Actually... just had a look at my Polar logs and the last time I went around Makara in that direction was 20 November and by the looks of my graph it took approx 13 and a half minutes to get up the hill.

Someone should list the top climbs to do in Wellington. Not me though.

Turkey-Pot-Pie wrote: Someone should list the top climbs to do in Wellington. Not me though.

I was actually thinking about setting up a webpage with the profiles, distances and gradients of the hills around Welly... maybe when I next injure myself badly and have a month off work again.

Could try doing that through Mapmyride.com. That could be good as all the material is on there really.

Turkey-Pot-Pie wrote: Could try doing that through Mapmyride.com. That could be good as all the material is on there really.

I was thinking about using my Polar logs. Gives a much better profile than mapmyride and I don't have to piss about entering a route into their website which can be a pain if you aren't downloading it direct from a GPS..

Tugboat wrote:Sounds like you climb at my sort of speed Babs.

????!?!?!? I thought you were a real fit fulla?

'Cos I are not a real fit fulla. I'm not too bad, but I'm MUCH too heavy to be anything resembling a respectable climber

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I did that climb in a shade under 15 mins today. I was a little bloated though... I belched on the way up, and it felt like about six potatoes and an entire leg of ham were about to jump out

happybaboon wrote:

Tugboat wrote:Sounds like you climb at my sort of speed Babs.

????!?!?!? I thought you were a real fit fulla?

'Cos I are not a real fit fulla. I'm not too bad, but I'm MUCH too heavy to be anything resembling a respectable climber

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I did that climb in a shade under 15 mins today. I was a little bloated though... I belched on the way up, and it felt like about six potatoes and an entire leg of ham were about to jump out

I'm not very fit at at the moment and have never been able to climb. Me likes the sprints cause me likes teh pies.