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Kerkgate

2.5
5 reviews | Elevation profile | 0 photos
Elevation profile Kerkgate
cobbles (along the entire length)

Statistics

Difficulty points 27
Length 2.6 km
Average gradient 2.1%
Steepest 100 meters 4.7%
Total ascent 55m

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Kerkgate is a climb in the region Flemish Ardennes. It is 2.6km long and bridges 55 vertical meters with an average gradient of 2.1%, resulting in a difficulty score of 27. The top of the ascent is located at 83 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 5 reviews of this climb and uploaded 0 photos.

Road names: Kerkgate & Karel Martelstraat

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Reviews (5)

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WouterDK
3 y 2.0
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If you want to test if everything is still attached to your bike, you can do that here. I am a fan of cobblestones but here they are really bad. The slight inclination makes it even more unpleasant to ride over them.

Als je wilt testen of alles nog stevig aan je fiets hangt kan je dat hier komen doen. Ik ben fan van kasseien maar hier liggen ze er toch echt zeer slecht bij. De lichte hellingsgraad maakt het nog onaangenamer om hier over te daveren.

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BartHofman
3 y 3.0 00:11:00 (14.4km/h)
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It was on the road but I enjoyed it. Although I'm not a fan of cobblestones especially at the end on the Holleweg it's a tough job.

Hij lag op de weg maar wel van genoten. Ook al ben ik geen fan kasseitjes zeker op het eind op de Holleweg is het harken.

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Seba
5 y
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As already mentioned, Kerkgate is often not really considered as a climb, but 2 km uphill on cobblestones makes it quite a tough one. Moreover, you're not rid of it yet when you reach the top. Whichever direction you go at the T-junction, you still have to cross the cobblestones of the Holleweg and they are a lot worse than the ones in Kerkgate itself!

Zoals al vermeld wordt Kerkgate vaak niet echt als klim beschouwd, maar 2 kilometer lang op kasseien omhoog maakt het toch best een rotding. Bovendien ben je er nog niet vanaf als je boven komt. Welke richting je ook uitgaat op de T-splitsing, je moet altijd nog over de kasseien van de Holleweg en die liggen nog een flink pak slechter dan die in Kerkgate zelf!

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Franck
9 y
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Strangely enough, this real climb is only considered to be a cobblestone stretch by the "RVV loops" guide. It's true that the cobblestones are very hard there.

Vreemd genoeg is deze echte klim maar als een kasseistrook beschouwd door de "RVV-lussen"-gids. Weliswaar zijn de kasseien erg moeilijk daar.

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Pepijn
9 y
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There's no better description of this road than the one in the "Vlaamse Toppenboek": "I'd rather go to the urologist with an embarrassing condition than cycling over Mater's cobblestones". If you're not a 100% cobblestone fan, I would definitely avoid it.

Een treffender beschrijving dan dat er in het "Vlaamse Toppenboek" gegeven wordt voor deze weg is er niet: "Ik ga nog liever bij de uroloog langs met een genante aandoening dan dat ik over de kasseien van Mater fiets". Als je geen 100% kasseienliefhebber bent zou ik 'm zeker mijden.

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Climbing times

7 km/h 00:22:36
11 km/h 00:14:23
15 km/h 00:10:33
19 km/h 00:08:19

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