Hills of hell

[MattHB]

What's your hill of hell? The hill you'd do almost anything to avoid?
Mine is up the peer approach hill next to Bournemouth peer. It's a huge, multi level hill that takes me about 15 mins to go up on granny rings, or walk.

 

[fossyant]

I love climbing, but my shoulder is fubared and I struggle up the really steep hills with the gears I have - 39 x 24 is the lowest my best bike takes.

The only hill I haven't got up (without stopping) due to my shoulder was the Jenkins Chapel ascent of Pyms Chair - just outside Macclesfield in the Peak District. This is upto 1 in 5 but the gradient constantly changes, it's quite long and it's twisty - you can't see the top, so its psychologically hard too.

I will get over it one day, but I try and avoid going that way as you've got a choice of Pyms Chair or Lamaload (which is a pig but it's a constant gradient of 1 in 5)

 

[MarkF]

Camped at at Langcliffe Park, Settle, late autumn last year. The farmshop was bare, I had Magners for dinner and supper. Left Settle early (on an empty stomach and with a pounding head) with directions to Malham, given to me by the site owners, obviously not cyclists..........

High Hill Lane, Settle, it is an absolute ball breaker, up and up and up, plenty of false summits thrown in for good measure, there were times when I nearly started crying, never ever again. Avoid!

 

[potsy]

Fossy next time you try that hill give us a shout and I'll help you up it.
Could do with giving the car a run out, it hardly ever gets used these days

 

[Hacienda71]

I love climbing, but my shoulder is fubared and I struggle up the really steep hills with the gears I have - 39 x 24 is the lowest my best bike takes.

The only hill I haven't got up (without stopping) due to my shoulder was the Jenkins Chapel ascent of Pyms Chair - just outside Macclesfield in the Peak District. This is upto 1 in 5 but the gradient constantly changes, it's quite long and it's twisty - you can't see the top, so its psychologically hard too.

I will get over it one day, but I try and avoid going that way as you've got a choice of Pyms Chair or Lamaload (which is a pig but it's a constant gradient of 1 in 5)

I'm going to do the Goyt Valley brevet inc Jenkins Chapel 4000 ft of climbing in 50 km. Not sure when yet might leave it till the spring My link

 

[Piemaster]

This, bit of the Causey mounth Road heading south. Not overly long or steep, but its part my commute when I'm working in Aberdeen.
Only a wee hill? Please remember I'm from the flatlands of East Yorkshire!

 

[HLaB]

I don't think I've come across a Hill of Hell but there are a few out there I like, Glen Quaich (although I'll have to try it from the Kenmore side one day), Gloom Hill, Dollar (the Castle Campbell Road), Law Hill Dollar, the Logie Kirk Road, Purin Hill, Cleish Hill, Benarty Hill, Wicks of Baiglie, Dunning Glen, Dunning to Path of Condie, the Tak-ma-doon Road and the Crow Road; you've guessed it, I like hills and I'm probably leaving a few out here

 

[wintonbina]

What's your hill of hell? The hill you'd do almost anything to avoid?
Mine is up the peer approach hill next to Bournemouth peer. It's a huge, multi level hill that takes me about 15 mins to go up on granny rings, or walk.

Sorry Matt Thats not a hill Try Studland or Zig-zag hill or Tolland Royal or Priory Rd at the side of the BIC......

 

[Mozzy]

That would be Porlock hill, tried it and failed. Second to that is up from the main drag to Triscome stone, have run that latter but thus far cannot make it on a bike … I'm ashamed to say.

Mozzy

 

[doog]

What's your hill of hell? The hill you'd do almost anything to avoid?
Mine is up the peer approach hill next to Bournemouth peer. It's a huge, multi level hill that takes me about 15 mins to go up on granny rings, or walk.

I presume thats the gradient starting at the BIC roundabout going towards Poole. Horrible narrow busy steep road, I can imagine going up you would cause a bit of an obstruction.

Mine was this http://www.mapmyride...s/view/39786338

The last cat 2 up to 5000 feet and the French border was the killer with panniers and a tent, certainly bigger than anything I had ever experienced (the 20 mile decent was out of this world - it followed a gorge and I basically free wheeled it the whole way ( legs were shot

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[doog]

Sorry Matt Thats not a hill Try Studland or Zig-zag hill or Tolland Royal or Priory Rd at the side of the BIC......

Priory Rd, yes thats the one by the BIC. Zig Zag is a lovely hill but not as bad as Spread eagle surely , I commuted that way for 5 years and never once saw a cyclist attempt it (upwards anyway). I wonder if anyone on here has done it?

 

[Moss]

South Wales has so many steep and long hills, that it's too difficult to choose just one of them! There are a couple on the Dragon Sportive, that will test some people, but here's three of the almost vertical ascents in our area > The Glyn! The Sugar Loaf! Bleanavon from Abergavenny! And there are lots more of them in this locality, we cannot avoid them, we are surrounded by them.

 

[Glow worm]

Market Hill in Maldon I remember as being a bit steep, nearing the end of a longish ride. Also, North Hill Colchester is not one to try on a Brompton if you are running late trying to get to a meeting on the High St! I'd also nominate a Norfolk hill as a bit of a killer. Whoever says Norfolk is flat has clearly never tackled the stretch up the hill past the water tower from West Newton near Sandringham. It's the only stretch I ever use my lowest gear. Luckly there's a tap and hose at the barn at the top!

 

[martint235]

Market hill isn't too bad, at least it's relatively short. I actually go out of my way to climb Toy's Hill in Kent but people call me mad

 

[Hip Priest]

I'm still at the stage where the hills I struggle with don't have names.