Going to document my weight loss

[DDBB]

This is why I got a bike with the bafang ultra motor.. Sure it's "illegal" but it looks like any other ebike you'd see on the trails and it's a beast going up hills. I can't stop grinning when I ride it. No more hard work on steep hills with 80NM of torque.. I have no idea why this is against the law.. I believe the law states 750watts max in most states. The ultra is 1,000 watts nominal but my wattmeter on the bike hits 1,500 all the time

 

[Mr. Coffee]

Look, I don't know enough of the math to give you a precise measurement, but use those triangles as a visual reference for incline. I assure you, it is the reality here. Thank god I'm riding on paved roads.

I'd prefer an actual GPS log that will show me what the actual grades are. I doubt very much that they are over thirty percent for even very short distances.

Failing that, can you give me the names of the streets, the nearest town, and precise GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) and I can go look for myself?

The steepest paved road grade in the United States is disputed, but some of the steepest roads in the country include:

• Canton Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: This street in the Beechview neighborhood is considered the steepest officially recorded public street in the United States. It has a reported 37% grade, meaning that for every 100 feet traveled, you gain 37 feet in elevation. However, the Guinness Book of World Records lists Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand as the world's steepest street.
  
  
  
• Waipio Valley Road, Honokaa, Hawaii: This rural road has sections with a 45% grade and is closed to non-local traffic.
  
  
  
• State Route 108, California: This highway runs through the Sierra Nevada and has a maximum grade of 26%.
  
  
  
• Interstate 84, Oregon: The stretch of this highway in the Blue Mountains, known as Emigrant Hill or Cabbage Hill, has a 6% grade and gains 2,000 feet of elevation in 6 miles.
  
  
  
• Eldred Street, Los Angeles, California: This street has a 33.30% grade.
  
  
  
• 28th Street, Los Angeles, California: This street has a 33% grade.
  
  
  
• Baxter Street, Los Angeles, California: This street has a 32% grade.

I agree that the 108 in the Sierras is wicked steep and bluntly pretty scary.

 

[February]

And I prefer to keep my anonymity as much as possible. I'll just restate that obviously I'm not using the correct terminology or math. If I cared enough to be exact I would google grades and incline and slopes, but honestly, I was just trying to explain that without the assist from my ebike, I would not be able to climb these very tall, very long, very steep hills at all. And because of the ebike, and now stationary, I'm losing weight through one of the only forms of exercise that does not cause me more pain. Officially tapping out of this thread. Congrats to all losing weight by e biking! Mr. Coffee, I shall try to have a better care with my maths in the future-

 

[indianajo]

GPS logs or it didn't happen.

GPS is for dodderheads that can't read a map and never ride in the rain. My previous cellphone shorted in the rain, inside a plastic bag. My motor display shorted in the rain 5 years ago. I ride without. I measure my grades with a 8" level, a 6" ruler. The flat part of the level is 6" long. 7/8" rise in 6" is 14.6%. That is my worst, and there are 3 of them 100' long on one route to my summer camp. 350 w bafang is not up to that. I agree with DDBB, 750 w law is stupid. Designed to make us drive and pay taxes on $60000 SUV's or pickups. I burned a "750 w" motor last year on a grade only 3/4 as steep as the 14.6% ones. 80th mile since new. Trying to buy more MAC12t's today, if my bank will let me use Alibaba. Cutler Mac factory will not sell on ebay. No US seller will touch them.

 

[Mr. Coffee]

GPS is for dodderheads that can't read a map and never ride in the rain.

I use GPS, can read a map, and often ride in the rain. Whether I am a dodderhead is unknown.