On Bicycles, and.... what else is there?

Last year the Tour of California, for the first time, rode the east side of Patterson Pass, the last climb in the stage into Livermore. The result was domination of the Strava leader board as the group blasted over the climb, down the other side, into the city for a few finishing circuits, then to the sprint which was dominated by Peter Sagan. The Strava segment: Here's my rendering of the profile data: It begins gradually, traversing up the windmill-capped hill until the "oh-my-God" climb which leads to the pass. Although the view of this section is dramatic, the profile shows the grade is only 12%, which can cause distress but is not in the league of the steepest climbs in the Bay Area. Using my climb rating index , it rates 74% as high as Old La Honda Road. I've ridden this climb in two major events: the Devil Mountain Double and the Patterson Pass Road Race. In the former, it comes between Mount Diablo and climbing the west side of Mount Hamilton. It...