Leith Hill & Box Hill promoted to Cat 2 climbs...?

[Fasta Asloth]

Just catching up on the london-Surrey classic livestream on the BBC, was surprised to hear that the routes they are going up LeithHill and Boxhill have been categorised as Cat 2, on Strava they are either 4 or a 3, have I missed something.....??

 

[dodgy]

lol at your cute ickle hills down in the South East.

 

[Hill Wimp]

lol at your cute ickle hills down in the South East.

They are MOUNTAINS i tell you

 

[ComedyPilot]

Pop and have a look at Chimney Bank in Yorkshire - more climbing than Box hill in about half the distance.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Pop and have a look at Chimney Bank in Yorkshire - more climbing than Box hill in about half the distance.

I daren't i would have to lie down in a dark room

 

[ComedyPilot]

I just have, and it's only a cat 3 or 4.......?

One of the nastiest, steepest climbs I've done on a bike (some sections are 1 in 3) and it's a cat 3???

 

[Hill Wimp]

I just have, and it's only a cat 3 or 4.......?

One of the nastiest, steepest climbs I've done on a bike (some sections are 1 in 3) and it's a cat 3???

What on earth is a 1 then in the UK if indeed we have one ? Ben Nevis ?

 

[Puddles]

What on earth is a 1 then in the UK if indeed we have one ? Ben Nevis ?

Probably coming back up from the river on the one way system, that hill has to be, when I was ickle cars had problems getting up it.....

And people wonder why not only do I push the bike up it but I make User76 get out of the trailer & walk up it too

 

[Andrew_P]

I searched Strava for a UK HC climb and didn't find one.

 

[ComedyPilot]

There are about 8 in the UK and Ireland.

 

[Fasta Asloth]

There are about 8 in the UK and Ireland.

which ones? Bealach na Ba, regarded by some as one of the "toughest" UK climbs, is "only" Cat 2 so I'd love to try an HC-rated climb in the UK...

 

[ComedyPilot]

which ones? Bealach na Ba, regarded by some as one of the "toughest" UK climbs, is "only" Cat 2 so I'd love to try an HC-rated climb in the UK...

Just go onto Strava, click 'Explore' and move the slider to only show HC-rated climbs, then pan the map out.

 

[Fasta Asloth]

Just go onto Strava, click 'Explore' and move the slider to only show HC-rated climbs, then pan the map out.

Ah, so none....that at least can be done by any sane person on a road bike on tarmac....since all appear footpaths from what I can view..........

 

[Flying Dodo]

Leith Hill is a bit steep, but Box Hill is a gentle little slope compared to it, so there's some "grade inflation" going on if someone's calling them Cat 2.

 

[Fasta Asloth]

Leith Hill is a bit steep, but Box Hill is a gentle little slope compared to it, so there's some "grade inflation" going on if someone's calling them Cat 2.

That's what I thought too, was being shown as Cat 2 on the TV and also the commentators were calling them cat 2....bizarre...