Box Hill in surrey

[Banjo]

I drove up it the other night in the pitch black, no way I could ride it with my knackered knee now...one goal missed for the year

Speed humps look inconvenient but it's very smooth

Thats why i made a point of riding it just before the Olympics,all the speed humps were removed and the tarmac was as smooth as a babys bum.

 

[vickster]

Good for you

 

[Banjo]

Good for you

hope your knee problem sorts itself out quickly,then get yourself upthere it is worth it just for the views.

 

[lukesdad]

I just can't believe Banj' has been to box hill without inviting me !

you kept that quiet.

 

[Banjo]

I just can't believe Banj' has been to box hill without inviting me !

you kept that quiet.

Was a family trip , we did Chessington World of adventures first day then I snuck out early with the folder the next day.

 

[vickster]

I can always drive up there in the day, and I did go up there for the Olympic road race

 

[themosquitoking]

It's not that hard, even i can make it up there without stopping and i do not do hills.
Cycling to it from our side is nice too Vickster, same climbing feet but over a much longer distance. The view and the tea and cake at the cafe are the same no matter which side of it you climbed. Road surface is worse though.

 

[nickyboy]

So I thought I'd take a look at the profile of this fearsome hill. Turns out it's 2.5km @ 5%. We have some like that around here too. We tend to use the ones around here for a bit of a warmdown after the proper climbing.
Come north young men.......you know you want to

 

[themosquitoking]

So I thought I'd take a look at the profile of this fearsome hill. Turns out it's 2.5km @ 5%. We have some like that around here too. We tend to use the ones around here for a bit of a warmdown after the proper climbing.
Come north young men.......you know you want to

I would but they put gravy on chips up there, that's too foreign for me.

 

[martint235]

It's not that hard, even i can make it up there without stopping and i do not do hills.
Cycling to it from our side is nice too Vickster, same climbing feet but over a much longer distance. The view and the tea and cake at the cafe are the same no matter which side of it you climbed. Road surface is worse though.

I've thought about trying it from the east to west as although not as steep the climb is a lot longer and (possibly) more of a challenge. Not sure though, Yad Moss is a long, not steep climb and to be honest you just get a bit bored of going uphill.

 

[jifdave]

this is my mate riding box hill after cramping from mile 50....
tis not hard

 

[jowwy]

box hill - blah blah blah blah - come try the iron mountain or llangynidr to ebbw vale climbs or the rhigos then you'll see what a climb is really like

even cavendish went up boxhill like it was a flat road.

 

[Sittingduck]

Shandy drinkin' - blah, blah, blah - back in my day, blah, blah, blah, down tut mill, blah, blah blah, etc. etc.

 

[Tim Hall]

A young lad I know is dead keen on road cycling. As well as his Triban 3 he's got some kind of cycling game on his console and was being Bradley Wiggins going up Mont Ventoux. I mentioned I'd ridden up it. "Oh. Is it harder than Box Hill?". Bless.

 

[gaz]

Yeah it's pretty easy. I mean it's no Bromley hill or Anerley Hill.