Been riding to work for a couple of weeks now and always had to get off and walk up a hill on route. But this morning I got all the way to the top. Thought my little lungs were going to burst but it felt great. Just a small thing I know but I did it. Just goes to show us old uns still got life in us lol
conquered the hill (At last. )
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Dibs
Veteran
- Location
- West Lothian
Well done! :-)
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Well done!
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Well done. I had 4 hills nearby that defeated me for a couple of months, now they are a piece of cake. Trouble is I have found another couple that don't want to give in to me that easily.
Which ones!
paul04
Über Member
Jefferson Meriwether
Veteran
- Location
- Worthing
T'is a good feeling when you show a hill who's Boss.
Great stuff! There'll be no holding you back now. 
My goal when I started was to climb the 5 rise locks at Bingley. The first time, walking half, I nearly threw up, a few weeks later I rode to the top, mostly standing. Now I go up sitting down and it's not steep enough or long enough.
My goal when I started was to climb the 5 rise locks at Bingley. The first time, walking half, I nearly threw up, a few weeks later I rode to the top, mostly standing. Now I go up sitting down and it's not steep enough or long enough.
Biker Joe
Über Member
- Location
- Nr Harlow, Essex.
That's great.
A beautiful sense of achievement when you manage something like that, isn't there.Well done.
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ScotiaLass
Guru
- Location
- Middle Earth
Brilliant!!
I remember the first time I made it up a very steep off-road hill.....my husband used to be up it and waiting at the top while I pushed my MTB up the last half.
After a while I could make it to the top actually cycling, although I never did beat him up it!
Great sense of achievement, even though I thought my lungs would burst!
I remember the first time I made it up a very steep off-road hill.....my husband used to be up it and waiting at the top while I pushed my MTB up the last half.
After a while I could make it to the top actually cycling, although I never did beat him up it!
Great sense of achievement, even though I thought my lungs would burst!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Well done - now look for a tougher one to conquer!
I had a surprise when I came to cycle up a hill that I had struggled with, aged 12. It took me several attempts to conquer it then on my 5 speed racing bike. 40 Years later, I came to tackle it again and found that I could sprint up it in the 39/15 gear of my singlespeed bike!
I had a surprise when I came to cycle up a hill that I had struggled with, aged 12. It took me several attempts to conquer it then on my 5 speed racing bike. 40 Years later, I came to tackle it again and found that I could sprint up it in the 39/15 gear of my singlespeed bike!
Frood42
I know where my towel is
- Location
- Magrathea, Horsehead Nebula
Now you need to find another tougher one!
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
One is Stans Lane in West Peckham and the other i think is called Carters Hill in Sevenoaks
Carters Hill... that's Underiver right? Yup horrid.
I know West Peckham but not Stans Lane.
Am passing through your neck of the woods on Sunday..watch out for a man in black on a Ti whizzing through
