Hell Yeah! Friday smiles...

Cavendish back in the day

Kemmelberg at night. Heuvelland, West Flanders, Belgium

Canton Ave Pittsburgh PA 37%

Canton Ave Pittsburgh PA 37%

Fffffffffffffuck

^big ring climb

^big ring climb

and seated

That would be madness.

No hands.... Texting..

And chewing a particularly resilient brand of energy bar (whole bar in mouth).

barefoot.

And I was worried about losing grip when going up Constitution Hill in Swansea which only has a measly 28% peak gradient.

mental. steepest street in the world (by certain measures)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_Avenue

as far as tough ascents go this one looks fun

http://www.toughascent.com/blog/?p=224

37%!! The steepest I climbed was 33%, and that was verging on impossible to keep the front wheel on the Tarmac.

Have you considered cycle training?

37% and cobbled

that photo is truly mental

Jacques Anquetil from Velominati

Gustave Garrigou, ended 5th in the 1914 edition of the Tour de France

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i-J2bIsPDH8

Pantani laying it down in the 1999 edition of the Giro (RIP)

Zdenek Stybar beats Sven Nys to the finish line at the Superprestige Middelkerke 2012 cyclocross event in Belgium as photographed by Kristof Ramon.

jay ryan poster for the illinois state cyclocross championships 2011

Wincanton Classic 1990 - Lotto Team Car by David Crisps

The route (by joolzeD)