Long climbs, UK
- Thread starter Ball
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Then again, if the big blue signs which say "M45" put you off, the A45 between Dunchurch and Daventry does more or less the same. 8 miles from 80 to 160m. High gear 20 minute painfest.
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Ball
Active Member
- Location
- Hendon, N London
Do you know which thread features the Lancashire road?
As for the M45...think I'll give that one a miss
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Not like you to get your facts wrong Jimbo! It is in fact the climb up through Cragg Vale from Mytholmroyd, a couple of miles east of here and very firmly in West Yorkshire.
Todmorden, 4 miles to the west of here, has alternated between Yorkshire and Lancashire with local boundary changes, but as far as I know, Cragg Vale has always been in Yorkshire.
Fiona N
Veteran
There are quite a few climbs around the lake District with 400m of climbing (i.e. altitude gain) because, although the pass isn't high (typically <1500 ft), they start from close to sea-level. Kirkstone (from Troutbeck or Windermere - only masochists climb 'the struggle' from Ambleside) and Shap (ht gain is added to by a few significant descents along the climb - but you do get a rest) are the two I use most frequently as they're close to home.
Not like you to get your facts wrong Jimbo! It is in fact the climb up through Cragg Vale from Mytholmroyd, a couple of miles east of here and very firmly in West Yorkshire.
Todmorden, 4 miles to the west of here, has alternated between Yorkshire and Lancashire with local boundary changes, but as far as I know, Cragg Vale has always been in Yorkshire.
I'd like to contest this. The A47 from Gt. Yarmouth, past Acle to North Burlingham rises from 1m to 27m in 10 miles without a level or downhill.
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
The first 7 miles of NCN 71 from Whitehaven (after leaving the town) rises up an old railway bed through 160m in 7 miles without any downhill sections
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Perhaps they should add the word 'significant' to the sign!
OP
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Ball
Active Member
- Location
- Hendon, N London
Anything 7/8km and above, and with a challenging average gradient of say 5% and above.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Well, Cragg Vale fails that definition as you can tell from the photo of the sign that I posted - it only averages 3.3% for 8.8 km. It still takes a significant effort to ride up it though, and that is my definition.
A more challenging climb which falls just short of your definition is the A6033 (Keighley Road) out of Hebden Bridge - it averages 5% for 6.6 km.
