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6/18/2008 Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

For the non-recreational bikers amongst us, the SFBC has organized a serious muscle-puncher-ride: THE SEVEN HELLS OF SAN FRANCISCO! It takes on 7 of the steepest hills in the city. It may not seem like much fun (I mean, you could also eat chips on the couch and watch TV), but for sure, it is something you can brag about to your friends... if you managed to survive!

When: Saturday 21st of June
Time: 11am (finishes at approximately 3pm)
Start: Panhandle Statue, Fell and Baker
What to bring: low-gear bike, drinks & food
More info & map of the route:
http://maps.google.com...

ARE YOU UP TO THIS CHALLENGE?

P.S. I don't know if you have to be a member to be able to participate.
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6/18/2008 Jennifer "ergo" L. says:

Ouch, no thank you.  I can hardly walk up those hills.
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6/18/2008 Tony "Tonedog" P. says:

An event of endurance and health on yelp? wtf is wrong with you????  JK
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6/18/2008 Sheila "I ain't scurred of you muddafukahs!!" G. says:

Shooooooot I use google maps just to find the least hilly routes to my SF destinations.  This 7 hells thing goes against all my principles!
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6/18/2008 Bella W. says:

I grew up walking up these hills. I'm now too fat and too lazy to want to attempt this:(
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6/18/2008 Sheila "I ain't scurred of you muddafukahs!!" G. says:

I have these forever-tight calves.  Hills are a bitch, but fun in small doses.  But OW!!
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6/18/2008 hen "certified 100% usda organic chicken" a. says:

i found a link and where to refer questions... http://ww.sfbike.org/?...
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6/18/2008 Drue "sleep is overrated" C. says:

I will drink a beer and eat chips on the couch and think of you
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6/18/2008 Viola P. says:

Damn - I can't open the link!  It's asking "which program do I want to use, etc., etc."  I'm not going to bike up those things, but damned if I don't want to hike up each and every one!!
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6/18/2008 CINDY K. says:

this thread makes my pelvis hurt. and not in a good way.
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6/18/2008 hen "certified 100% usda organic chicken" a. says:

this route link will work http://maps.google.com...

i asked friends if they are up for it.....not sure if this will be a "training" or...a test of how much pain a person can really withstand....
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6/18/2008 Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

Oh, come on you guys! I'm from the Netherlands; we don;t even know what a hill looks like 'cause our country is as flat as a pancake! Err... Now wait a minute... I guess this means that I don't know what kind of an ordeal this 7 hells trip will be, eh? Ah well... Ignorance is bliss! I'll give an update after the torture has ended (assuming that I can still use my fingers to type).
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6/18/2008 Nathan F. says:

One of the organizers made a film a few years ago called Russian Hill Roulette.....he burns up the steepest hills like a rocket!  Check it out....(he'll be on the saturday ride as well).

http://www.russianhill.../
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6/18/2008 Viola P. says:

Boo - new link doesn't work either.

Well, I'll try at home on my own computer later.

Thanks for trying!
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6/18/2008 Cliff B. says:

what Drue said...with guacamole.
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6/18/2008 Abby S. says:

I read this and though "the tenderloin, what are the other 6?" :-) it sounds like fun, but I don't think I qualify as a non-recreational cyclist. I might be able to WALK up the hills *grin* the last time I tried a few were pretty darn hard.
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6/18/2008 Bella W. says:

Hey Dennis- I'll participate...if you let me ride your handlebars. Hahaha.....
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6/18/2008 Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

Link update:

Check this out and then follow the link called "brand new route"
http://www.sfbike.org/...
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6/18/2008 RJ "Have flu, guess it's time to Yelp again" A. says:

Dennis, I basically choked 1/2 way up on Kings Mountain rd and Old La Honda in Woodside. Do you think I should try this?
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6/18/2008 Beau G. says:

I thought Fillmore was steeper than Divis in Pac. Heights.   That's where they did the old Tour de S.F.
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6/18/2008 ellyk E. says:

Sounds awesome, but my clunker doesn't have low enough gears.
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6/18/2008 ellyk E. says:

Sounds awesome, but my clunker doesn't have low enough gears.
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6/18/2008 Alexis "has zero interest in your bullshit" B. says:

I'd walk it... over several days... does that count? :P
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6/18/2008 Shelly "this will go down in your permanent record" V. says:

never in a million years

have fun
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6/18/2008 Mister J. says:

I wake up around noon on Saturdays, and start drinking at 12:15pm, so I'll catch up with you guys on Sunday.

Sound like a plan?
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6/18/2008 Doug D. says:

This sounds awesome awesome awesome.  I'm there.
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6/18/2008 hen "certified 100% usda organic chicken" a. says:

currently have a 50/34 compact crank and 12-27 cassette...should be enough....although a triple with a 30t might be best....maybe i'll just hop in on the ride...
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6/18/2008 Doug D. says:

They're skipping some of the really steep stuff, like Fillmore Street.  If you ever rode the SF Grand Prix race circuit you'd remember that one.  Wow.
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6/18/2008 Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

@Doug ":-|" D. says:
This sounds awesome awesome awesome.  I'm there.

I think you made some typos. You mean "This sounds aweful aweful aweful", right? ;-)
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6/18/2008 Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

@Doug ":-|" D. says:
"They're skipping some of the really steep stuff, like Fillmore Street.  If you ever rode the SF Grand Prix race circuit you'd remember that one.  Wow."

Actually, this is part III of the series. Maybe they already did those other challenges you're talking about. I arrived in SF about 7 weeks ago, so I don't know about these previous rides.
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6/18/2008 Nancy C. says:

I will be with Mister.  See you on Sunday.
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6/18/2008 Don "Unstable Ptenophytium" B. says:

While I think this is a cool (deliciously painful) ride, it does not cover all the steepest blocks/streets in SF. The big problem is one-way streets rendering most of them technically illegal to ride up. But here's the breakdown for the curious:

1. Filbert between Leavenworth and Hyde is a 31.5 percent grade. Not on the ride.
2. 22nd between Church and Vicksburg, 31.5 percent. Not on the ride
3. Jones between Union and Filbert, 29 percent. On the ride! (Ouch!)
4. Duboce between Buena Vista and Alpine Terrace, 27.9 percent. Not on the ride.
5. Jones between Green and Union, 26 percent. On the ride! (That makes two blocks of hell on Jones!)
6. Webster between Vallejo and Broadway, 26 percent. Not on the ride.
7. Duboce between Divisadero and Alpine Terrace, 25 percent. Not on the ride.
8. Duboce between Castro and Divisadero, 25 percent. Not on the ride.
9. Jones between Pine and California, 24.8 percent. Not on the ride.
10. Fillmore between Vallejo and Broadway, 24 percent. Not on the ride.
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6/18/2008 Doug D. says:

Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

@Doug ":-|" D. says:
This sounds awesome awesome awesome.  I'm there.

I think you made some typos. You mean "This sounds aweful aweful aweful", right? ;-)
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I'm into suffering.  It makes the soul harder.
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6/18/2008 Demitri I. says:

Why isn't 14th ave out couple blocks north of taraval on the list.
that hill is insane. Driving up it sounds like it wrecks the car.
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6/18/2008 Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

To answer your questions about why other parts are not included; see one of my earlier posts:
"Actually, this is part III of the series. Maybe they already did those other challenges you're talking about. I arrived in SF about 7 weeks ago, so I don't know about these previous rides."
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6/18/2008 Don "Unstable Ptenophytium" B. says:

Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

To answer your questions about why other parts are not included; see one of my earlier posts:
"Actually, this is part III of the series. Maybe they already did those other challenges you're talking about. I arrived in SF about 7 weeks ago, so I don't know about these previous rides."
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Actually, Dennis, I think it is because a lot of them are one-way streets and only allow traffic to go downhill. So they can't really promote/create a ride that would violate traffic laws. Now, if you are in a law-breaking mood...
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6/18/2008 Joe "President of Cool" C. says:

Sounds fun - can I just take a taxi instead and meet you at the top?
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6/18/2008 Raoul "slickety-slack" U. says:

And here I am, a cyclist of all of two months, thinking I'm the man for making it up Potrero Hill from down in Dogpatch. Sheeyit. Maybe next year...
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6/18/2008 Baobao "who joined yelp in 03/08" B. says:

If  little hills are hells already, try to drive up and down in the mountains...
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6/18/2008 Daniel R. says:

See you all there...I'm ready for you all.
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6/18/2008 Justin "L'écriture et la différence" C. says:

That sounds brutal on a bike.  Good luck anyone attempting this.  I'll walk the hills instead.
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6/20/2008 Adrian "chimichanga baranga" L. says:

SWEET, I am so there, I have been neglecting my inner mosochist for too long!
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6/20/2008 Adrian "chimichanga baranga" L. says:

This would have been so much better if it coincided with world naked bike ride day!

http://www.worldnakedb...
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6/20/2008 Don "Unstable Ptenophytium" B. says:

I decided to put some of my money where my mouth (or keyboard) was and zipped over to Duboce to climb the last 3 blocks from Castro up to Buena Vista which are 25%, 25% and 27.9% as you go up (with a nice 10% approach from Duboce Park for a couple blocks. I will add the disclaimer that these are very short blocks, but I was able to grind up them on my road bike which has a standard double on it (so not really geared for monster climbs) with only moderate wheezing on my part. So, it can be done! BTW, the "Hell" part was quite appropriate since my bike computer was showing an ambient air temp of 101 degrees out there! Ugh!
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6/20/2008 Adrian "chimichanga baranga" L. says:

Why can't it be a nice cool day in the city tomorrow?  

I never thought I'd say that.
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6/20/2008 Perci "When God closes a door, he opens a dress" N. says:

Seven Hells of SF?

The Mission, The Castro, The Haight, The Tenderloin, Western Addition, Excelsior, North Beach...
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6/20/2008 Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

Adrian "Adrian " " L. Adrian " " L. Adrian " " L. Adrian "" L. says:
Why can't it be a nice cool day in the city tomorrow?  
I never thought I'd say that.
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I believe it will be cooler than today; 23*C or so. (How much is that in Fahrenheit?)
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6/20/2008 hen "certified 100% usda organic chicken" a. says:

i'll be out and about..probably ride up legion of honor and maybe cruise down to golden gate park and attempt 1, 2 or 3 of the "7 hells".....
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6/20/2008 Doug D. says:

I'm there.  Looks like someone might be a little competitive.  No wagers, please :-)
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6/20/2008 Adrian "chimichanga baranga" L. says:

23*C is like 125* F, I think.

But I know it's 296.15*K, now that sounds fricken HOT!
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6/20/2008 Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

Found out that my Samsung D900 does all kinds of conversions:
23*C = 73.4*F (which it will be tomorrow according to some websites)
29*C = 84.2*F (which it was today according to some websites)
The 101*F Don "El Lento Anciano" B. was talking about would equal approximately 38.3*C
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6/21/2008 Adrian "chimichanga baranga" L. says:

Don "El Lento Anciano" B. says:

Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

To answer your questions about why other parts are not included; see one of my earlier posts:
"Actually, this is part III of the series. Maybe they already did those other challenges you're talking about. I arrived in SF about 7 weeks ago, so I don't know about these previous rides."
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Actually, Dennis, I think it is because a lot of them are one-way streets and only allow traffic to go downhill. So they can't really promote/create a ride that would violate traffic laws. Now, if you are in a law-breaking mood...

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Maybe we should hijack Critical Mass and take them the wrong way up those hills.  We could throw our bikes into peoples' cars at the top and maybe fire bomb a few houses whilst were at it, it would be like adding a cherry on top.

P.S. I'm still using Kelvin.
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6/21/2008 Big J. says:

Mister "One Sexy Motherfucker" J. says:

I wake up around noon on Saturdays, and start drinking at 12:15pm

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+1.
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6/21/2008 Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

Adrian "Adrian " " L. Adrian " " L. Adrian " " L. Adrian "" L. says:

Maybe we should hijack Critical Mass and take them the wrong way up those hills.  We could throw our bikes into peoples' cars at the top and maybe fire bomb a few houses whilst were at it, it would be like adding a cherry on top.
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Sounds like an excellent plan, Adrran.  :-/  It would, however, justify the name "7 HELLS", I suppose.
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6/21/2008 Doug D. says:

I'm seriously hoping this ride doesn't take 4 hours to roll around the city.  I've got 2.5 tops.  Hope to see some of you there!
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6/21/2008 Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

OK, guys and girls...

Behold, ARMAGEDDON is TODAY!!!

See you in a couple'o hours...
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6/21/2008 Adrian "chimichanga baranga" L. says:

Toooooooooooooooooooooooo Easy!

But ask me again tomorrow.
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6/21/2008 Rick "Mr. Smiley" G. says:

Been there.  Done that!
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6/21/2008 kari t. says:

i'd rather eat potato chips and watch tv.   :P
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6/22/2008 Dennis "Bikin' Dutchman" V. says:

Here's an ode for all who participated (and survived) the 7 Hells of SF:

http://www.yelp.com/to...
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6/22/2008 MiKA I. says:

oh hell no. i'll be watching you guys at the sideline with my guinness.

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