Comments on: The Birmingham Monsters (aka 20 percenters) http://toonecycling.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/the-birmingham-monsters-aka-20-percenters/ Follow the crazy adventures of an Alabama cyclist. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:20:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Birmingham Monsters, addendum « Cycling Adventures with Brian Toone http://toonecycling.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/the-birmingham-monsters-aka-20-percenters/#comment-534 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:57:29 +0000 http://toonecycling.wordpress.com/?p=2829#comment-534 [...] I was exploring the Birmingham Monsters on Wednesday, I knew that I didn’t really have time to go out and hit up my favorite monster in Birmingham [...]

]]> By: kartoone http://toonecycling.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/the-birmingham-monsters-aka-20-percenters/#comment-533 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:36:43 +0000 http://toonecycling.wordpress.com/?p=2829#comment-533 Yes, if you go up through Cahaba Heights, Pumphouse, Shades Crest, then you have a few longer downhills to give you a bit of a break. But if you turn around at the bottom and go backwards through Tanglewood, Vesclub, and then to the top on Vestavia Dr, the whole climb gains over 700 vertical feet with even more climbing because of the couple short downhills in about 2.5 miles. It is also a 20 percenter with a stretch on Vesclub that is over 20% for less than 0.1 miles. And that climb is also super close to my house. No wonder I love climbing so much!

]]> By: Chad http://toonecycling.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/the-birmingham-monsters-aka-20-percenters/#comment-532 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:05:52 +0000 http://toonecycling.wordpress.com/?p=2829#comment-532 This is AWESOME!

]]> By: jacob http://toonecycling.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/the-birmingham-monsters-aka-20-percenters/#comment-531 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:28:27 +0000 http://toonecycling.wordpress.com/?p=2829#comment-531 boy, that vesclub climb is a whopper.

i have often thought about staging a ride like the Dirty Dozen (http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen) here. i think this would be close to the route. maybe without detouring all the way down to the railroad, and maybe throwing in one of the cobblestone alley climbs near 31st st from highlands. but basically this. would be murderous.

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