This looks insanely difficult and insanely painful. It is the Mount Washington Hill Climb. You ride your bike 7.6 miles uphill. Straight up the tallest mountain in New England...
The worlds fastest wind gust was recorded at 231 MPH on the mountain. I've heard of riders getting blown off the mountain from wind before.
I would love to try this and see how far I get. I will need lots of training on climbing and a new bike or bike with different gearing. Don't think this year is realistic for achieving this, but hopefully before long I will. I've been warned about the difficulty of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqXLvHv7FDs
There is a hill on a road behind the East Dorms at UCONN that I think is really quite steep. I don't know what the grade of the road is, but imagine cycling up that hill for 7.6 miles.
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