Chevron Challenge

[nickyboy]

Fossy, which ones are they? Apple Street/Cock Brow, Joel Lane? I grew up on the side of the Low.

I think it is Cowlishaw Road which is sort of the other side of the Low from Joel Lane. Bloody awful road surface so I only ever ride up it, down is too sketchy for me

 

[Haitch]

The charmingly named Cock Brow?

I think it is Cowlishaw Road which is sort of the other side of the Low from Joel Lane. Bloody awful road surface so I only ever ride up it, down is too sketchy for me

Never been up or down it on a bike but used to walk the dog down there to Compstall lakes and back up School Lane.

 

[fossyant]

Fossy, which ones are they? Apple Street/Cock Brow, Joel Lane? I grew up on the side of the Low.

Cowlishaw and Apple Street (cock Brow) - the one above in the photo. It's very difficult on a road bike - look at the concrete pattern. Chatted to a guy last saturday, saw him go down apple Street, but I was going for Joel Lane. Met him near the top and he'd not managed to get up without walking.

Gorsey is another good one, Chapel Brow is horrid.

 

[nickyboy]

I'm back from an intrepid chevron hunt.

I had hoped the dry weather would mean dry roads but Gorsey Brow was damp so the back wheel was slipping on the steepest bit (25%?) which was disconcerting but I got up it.

Cock Brow was going OK. The concrete rutted surface gives good grip actually. Until I rode over a spattered pile of horse s***. Slip, slip, slip. Complete standstill so had to put foot down before I fell over. No way to restart there (25% again) so pushed it a few metres and found a bit of 15% and got it going again. After that (the bit in the photo) it was OK

Skipped Chapel Brow as it was directly into a 15mph headwind and I'd had enough. Need to Man Up

 

[Moon bunny]

I hope you do not mind me asking, as I am fairly new to cycling, but what is the attraction of steep and long hills?

 

[Hacienda71]

From a fitness perspective with a long steep hill there is nowhere to hide. If you stop putting the effort in you stop and fall of the bike. I think most people will view getting to the top of a long steep hill as a challenge and when they do feel it is an achievement. Or they are simply masochists.

 

[G3CWI]

I enjoy hills with a pub at the top. That's a real attraction for me.

 

[Arch]

Oh they're on big hills, that would explain why living in Suffolk I didn't know what they are

We could have our own challenge - a 100 mile route that never rises or falls more than one contour line....

 

[G3CWI]

My flat ride today had 1500ft of ascent. No wonder my averages are rubbish.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

We could have our own challenge - a 100 mile route that never rises or falls more than one contour line....

I'd rather remain deluded that I'm a reasonably fit cyclist

 

[al78]

I hope you do not mind me asking, as I am fairly new to cycling, but what is the attraction of steep and long hills?

The challenge.

Plus what goes up, must come down.