nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I live in the Peak District. It is hard cycling, much harder than most of you have on a day to day.
But fair play to those who live in South Devon. We've just come back from Brixham and I did a few rides from there last week. Off the main roads it's even hillier than the Peak District (we usually average 100ft/mile climbing, 120-130ft/mile is more normal there). But the killer is the descents. They're narrow, steep, terrible sight lines, mud from farm vehicles. So you have to scrub off the speed all the way down, hitting the inevitable next climb with no speed
Lovely area around Dartmouth, Totnes, Slapton etc, but not what you'd call relaxing holiday cycling
But fair play to those who live in South Devon. We've just come back from Brixham and I did a few rides from there last week. Off the main roads it's even hillier than the Peak District (we usually average 100ft/mile climbing, 120-130ft/mile is more normal there). But the killer is the descents. They're narrow, steep, terrible sight lines, mud from farm vehicles. So you have to scrub off the speed all the way down, hitting the inevitable next climb with no speed
Lovely area around Dartmouth, Totnes, Slapton etc, but not what you'd call relaxing holiday cycling