Mike's Bike Blog

On my ride home the last couple of nights I've taken different routes to try something new. I have a fairly flat route going on Jollyville Road. I have a hill route up Bluegrass. Yesterday I went home via Rain Creek Parkway and tonight I went up Yaupon and Scottland Well.

I've ridden past them while riding on Spicewood Springs and have been wanting to climb up them. Carle over on his Texas Trek blog posted on his venture up Yaupon and even Twittered about how tough Scottland Well was to get up.

Here's the stats on each:
Yaupan
Distance .4
Avg. Grade: 8.4%
Max Grade: 14.6%
Avg. Power: 329
Max Power: 545
Avg. Speed: 8.2
Ascent: 196 feet
Time: 3:15

Scottland Well
Distance .5
Avg. Grade: 5.8%
Max Grade: 18.8%
Ascent: 169 feet
Time: 3:11
Avg Power: 285.8
Max Power: 616
Avg Speed: 9.6

My thoughts
I wouldn't classify either of these as overly difficult if you consider yourself a grimpeaur. Between the two Yaupon is a bit harder because of the sustained grade. Scottland Well at it's worse is 18.8% grade but it's really short and once you get over that it starts to flatten out. On both of these I never had to get into my 26T to tackle them.  Yaupon will make a good hill for climbing repeats or intervals and it has a nice bike lane.

Anybody know what the terrain off of Old Lampasas Trail is like? Looking at Grand Oak Dr., Rolling Oaks Trail and Talleyran Dr. any info on those roads?