Brompton Folding Bike vs Portland's Steepest Street - Giving it a Go Up SW College Street!

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If you wanted to test the truly (and empirically) steepest street in PDX I would try Brynwood. Everyone at my Bike shop talks their shit about how quick they rip up it

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u/Ciryaquen Nov 25 '24

That one looks pretty gnarly.

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u/Lawfulneptune Nov 24 '24

Ay didn't know you were in Portland! I watch your videos from time to time, love the STP ones you make and the cycling infrastructure going on in Seattle

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u/bestside_cycling Nov 24 '24

Thanks so much for watching the channel. I definitely want to ride more around here :)

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u/PikaGoesMeepMeep Nov 24 '24

How does that compare to S Corbett between florida and nebraska street? College seems much longer, but I remember having a hard time even walking down Corbett without feeling like I was going to fall and roll down the hill.

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u/foodguy5000 Nov 24 '24

If i'm reading rideiwthgps right, it looks like S Corbett tops out at about 11%. Killer climb though, I hate doing it but it's one of only two reasonable ways I know of to get to the west side/Beaverton (the other being River View Cemetery).

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u/Ciryaquen Nov 25 '24

Corbett (From Nebraska to Texas) has a little 20% blip at the very top and the rest varies between 8-16%.

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u/danhig Nov 25 '24

Corbett has flats. College never levels off. And college is steeper

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u/onenuthin Nov 25 '24

College is longer and super steep. But the steep section of Corbett is definitely steeper than anything on College.

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u/Ciryaquen Nov 25 '24

The maximum grade on Corbett is maybe 21%.

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u/Ol_Man_J Nov 24 '24

How is “steepest” defined? Longest steepest portion or steepest % at one point?

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u/bestside_cycling Nov 24 '24

I took the word of Behind the Wheels TV segment but I presume most likely longest steepest portion :)

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u/Lovelyterry Nov 25 '24

What is the point of the brompton? I can’t imagine you can travel far distances with that bike can you?

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u/DrFrog138 Nov 25 '24

Yeah you can and lots of people do. The point is it’s small enough to fit in an overhead compartment and it can fold teeny tiny for multimodal commuting. It even half folds so you can turn it into a rolling shopping cart, and you never even have to lock it up just bring it in places.

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u/danhig Nov 25 '24

It’s packable

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u/jewww Nov 25 '24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoWB6WD0nWs

All sorts of Brompton touring vids on Youtube.