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Originally Posted by humfrz

Been a long week for you, there, spike021?

You said "so I was stopped on what was probably a 60+ degree hill."

"Filbert Street and 22nd Street in San Francisco have a maximum gradient of 31.5% (17.5°).[2] The steepest hill on Filbert is the east half of the block between Hyde and Leavenworth; like 22nd St it is one-way down. The city map shows a descent of 65 feet, which based on a half-block being 206.25 horizontal feet makes the grade 31.5%, the official figure. The sidewalk-only section of Broderick Street (between Broadway and Vallejo, where the city map shows a climb of 96 feet in the 275-foot block) is steeper, just under 35% grade, and a block west the sidewalk-only block of Baker Street is a bit steeper than that. An unofficial survey of San Francisco streets declared the steepest street in San Francisco to be a 30-foot section of Bradford Street 37.7373°N 122.4097°W, paved in 2010, with a 40% grade.[3] The curvy Lombard Street started as a 27% grade.[4] Three streets in Los Angeles are steeper—28th Street in San Pedro at 33.3%, Eldred Street in Highland Park at 33%, and Baxter Street in Silver Lake at 32%.[5]"

Good thing it's the weekend!




humfrz

To somebody relatively new to MT many of those streets would seem to be even more than 60 degrees. Especially sitting at a light with the locals watching and critiquing your start.