While last Saturdays ride up Three Creeks is probably the hardest, longest, sustained climb in the area, it is too far away to be doing all the time (and the rough road keeps me from doing it more than once or twice a year anyway). So, I have been trying to get as much climbing as I can and have figured that if I don't have time to get up to Bachelor (and around), then I need to be hitting the steepest streets around town, which I think are on Awbry Butte. This morning I went out to check a few of the climbs. Most of them are about a mile long. My favorites includes going up Summit drive from the west side of Mt Washington, which is pretty steep - 7-12% in spots, and then the real fun one, which is starting at College Way, taking a right on Saginaw, and then an immediate left on ????? The climb is awesome. It is just under a mile from the roundabout, and once you turn off of Saginaw the climb kicks up into the double digits for the rest of the way. I started to to 15, 16, and 17%, then it kicked up even more and maxed out at 20%. Damn! That was slow going. I will be excited to have my 29t cog on the back next week to see how much easier that makes it than the 25t. Yes, I am going to be a big wuss and opt for a 13-29t cassette. I figure I'd rather feel better so I can keep climbing the next day...instead of kicking my own ass and not having any strength for the next day.