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Knockmarron Hill

  • 25-08-2009 9:32pm
    #1
    velo.2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭


    Encountered it twice today for first time. What a steep hill especially when you start climbing in the big ring not expecting it to be too long!

    Does anyone know how steep it is(%) particularly from Chapo side. Thanks.


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  • #2
    Home:Ballyhoura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,702 ✭✭✭Home:Ballyhoura


    Use MapMyRide to find this out for yourself, I would do it for you but I have no idea where this is! Sorry :cool:


  • #3
    biomed32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭biomed32


    no idea how steep but am sure glad when i reach the top.

    just mapped it on map my ride, its 14% gradient appearantly


  • #4
    fletch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭fletch


    I do it every Friday on my way home....kind of like penance or something :)
    I then go down the strawberry beds and back up Captains Hill....it's pretty steep too.


  • #5
    irishmotorist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭irishmotorist


    Tis a great hill for ploughing up and finding out what your real max heart rate is!

    I always wondered this and never used mapmyride too much before. I got a 20% out of mapping it - using the road into the park as a guide for when the hill is finished.


  • #6
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    The hill is barely 0.5km long. Its steepest stretch is probably over maybe 20m or so. The only difficulty that I would have is as car traffic whizzes by on the very narrow stretch under the footbridge.


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  • #7
    redmenace1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭redmenace1


    irishmotorist wrote: »
    I got a 20% out of mapping it - using the road into the park as a guide for when the hill is finished.


    I reckon its more 20% than 14% myself


  • #8
    Caroline_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,400 ✭✭✭Caroline_ie


    redmenace1 wrote: »
    I reckon its more 20% than 14% myself
    is that the hill that goes from the bottom of chapelizod village?


  • #9
    Bunnyhopper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,414 ✭✭✭Bunnyhopper


    Yeah - that's the one:

    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=knockmaroon+hill+dublin&mrt=all&ie=UTF8&ll=53.354829,-6.35602&spn=0.026844,0.077162&z=14


  • #10
    Caroline_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,400 ✭✭✭Caroline_ie


    Sure I'll climb it and let you know - just not today...


  • #11
    Nietzschean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,314 ✭✭✭Nietzschean


    i wouldn't bother climbing it Caro...though i'm sure you have before... as ROK_ON says its more painfull from the traffic than the actual climb(wouldn't like the idea of having to stop on the steepest bit with traffic...)


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  • #12
    Caroline_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,400 ✭✭✭Caroline_ie


    True - why bother ... plus it would hurt on the fixie.


  • #13
    velo.2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭velo.2010


    My apologies, its spelt KnockMAROON hill!


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