Hi everybody has anyone cycled up bearwood lane hill burton upon Trent .and if so how steep is it I can’t find a Strava segment for it thanks.

[Digger19]

Hi everybody just wondered if anyone has ever cycled up bearwood hill lane burton upon Trent and if so how steep is it thanks in advance .

 

[presta]

Hi everybody just wondered if anyone has ever cycled up bearwood hill lane burton upon Trent and if so how steep is it thanks in advance .

Do you mean Bearwood Hill Road? I don't know it, but Plotaroute says it's about 16%.

 

[PeteXXX]

It could be classed as dangerous, by Strava, so it might not be shown? Just a thought.

 

[steverob]

There is a segment for Bearwood Hill Road, but it only covers the steepest part of the climb, and that says it averages 9%: https://www.strava.com/segments/1401709

Looking at the rides of some of the people who have done that segment, if you take it from the very bottom up to the junction with Balmoral Road (where it starts reaching more or less the flat bit), it seems to work out to about a 6.5% average, reaching a maximum of 16% briefly.

 

[Dec66]

There is a segment for Bearwood Hill Road, but it only covers the steepest part of the climb, and that says it averages 9%: https://www.strava.com/segments/1401709

Looking at the rides of some of the people who have done that segment, if you take it from the very bottom up to the junction with Balmoral Road (where it starts reaching more or less the flat bit), it seems to work out to about a 6.5% average, reaching a maximum of 16% briefly.

Not the straightest line ever, on that segment... Wonder if the person setting it up was torque steering up that bit?

 

[icowden]

It's 82 feet elevation over 0.2 miles. My toughest hill climb is in Haslemere and is 108 feet elevation over the same distance, then a further 20 feet over the next 0.2 miles. So it's doable but hard work. Good gearing will help, as will not trying to go up it too quickly...

 

[Digger19]

There is a segment for Bearwood Hill Road, but it only covers the steepest part of the climb, and that says it averages 9%: https://www.strava.com/segments/1401709

Looking at the rides of some of the people who have done that segment, if you take it from the very bottom up to the junction with Balmoral Road (where it starts reaching more or less the flat bit), it seems to work out to about a 6.5% average, reaching a maximum of 16% briefly.

Yes that’s the one steve rob cheers mate and thanks everyone that replied 👍

 

[Richard Fairhurst]

Cycled up it a couple of times when I worked in Burton. I don't remember it being particularly awful - probably a 10%er. It's not exactly Ditchling Beacon, let alone the Burway!

 

[mickle]

Award for the longest thread title ever?

 

[berty bassett]

plot the route in ridewithgps - that will tell you and maybe kamoot will as well

 

[Richard Fairhurst]

No two sites ever agree though - I just tried this on four sites and got gradients of 5%, 7%, 9% and 14% for the same hill! FWIW I think 9% feels about right.

 

[simon the viking]

Live local but not cycled up it. Dont think its too hard.... theres worse ones local... but it is quite a busy road to be struggling up, lots of buses etc

 

[cyberknight]

Yeah been up it a few times , best to be done on a quiet non commuter time as its a bit of a rat run

 

[CXRAndy]

looks quite steep, not long though

Its no Michaelgate, Lincoln

https://veloviewer.com/segment/2486089

 

[cyberknight]

You want to cycle up up the a511 out of burton that's not particularity steep but its a slog to the top