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skool-3bends

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Merwede Street, Parktown, Tshwane Ward 1, Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, 0116, South Africa
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.38 km / 0.86 miles
Elevation gain141.7 m / 465 ft
Average gradient10.3%
Maximum gradient45.3%
Elevation high1,415.7 m / 4,645 ft
Elevation low1,274 m / 4,180 ft
Climb difficulty score14,170.09

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 365,702nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 2,947th most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 276th out of 8,872 cycling climbs in Gauteng.

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Ranks 62nd out of 3,007 cycling climbs in City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

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Ranking 22nd out of 1,288 cycling climbs in Pretoria.

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