On 08/25/2014, Mark Manner wrote Power-Tap--Ghisallo-Day 4 Tucson. Mt. Graham. About 2 hrs East of Tucson, at the top home of the Giant Binocular Telescope (although access is limited to astronomers so I couldn't get to it).
A very nice and beautiful ride. Great road, almost no traffic, no other bikes. Ice and snow on road surface off and on 1/2 up. At the top where sustained climbing stops elevation was 8850. About 5600 feet total elevation gain.
I put the bike in the car once the climb was over and drove around trying to get to the observatory, so no descent (ok since it was chilly--high 30s at top, and the road was slick in a lot of spots). Average grade not bad, but multiple 12-15% ramps at the numerous switchbacks.
I did 0.4 mile sitting and 0.1 standing most of the way up. The Phenom seat was much better than the other two I tried this week, so I think I will stick with it.
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