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Climbing the Manayunk Wall *or at least trying to

Unlike some other folks ... we actually made it up the Manayunk Wall. For more than 30 years the Philadelphia Cycling Classic challenged professional cyclists to ride the infamous Manayunk Wall. The Wall asks these pros to climb 210 feet at an average incline of 8% to 9% and with some particularly steep sections reaching a whopping 17% grade. But we are not professionals. We’re journalists from The Philadelphia Inquirer and somehow we were convinced to test our grit against former procyclist and PCC veteran Carlos Rogers to see who can make it up The Wall the fastest. And y'all ... we lived to tell you all about it.
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