Morning Wake Up Call

[ChrisKH]

Chris, why are you posting pictures of flat bits of road?

This is Essex for goodness sake! Which is why we're hosting the 2012 Olympic MTB event.

All right, how about this one?

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...Dsv6zHGaZn-gknq57vlKUw&cbp=12,155.05,,0,15.19

 

[Sysagent]

This is the start of the hill on my Summer commute from home:-

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...rtJo9PCGtDeM3MS4nNovfQ&cbp=12,277.06,,0,-7.09

This further on (still on the same road, same hill), it goes on for roughly one and half miles:-

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=HwJiyczhj2FebL4H2v3vVw&cbp=12,226.91,,0,2.81

 

[jayonabike]

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&l...d=L-DMsKfcAWlaCMiHFkD0ZA&cbp=12,68.79,,0,1.43


This is what i'm faced with as soon as i leave work

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Pish....

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=_7M00BLoTNy5Y68TAW99qQ&cbp=11,118.34,,0,5.37

No chance fully laden with camping gear - even pushing up was hell!

Thankfully NOT a commuting ride though...

This one is harder than it looks!

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=3wOHD31ai_YwKq9RLQBRCA&cbp=12,215.77,,0,7.87

 

[mcshroom]

My morning wakeup call (from half way up): -

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...noid=dtylo5lwPdBiJxMv4ZCT-Q&cbp=12,167.4,,0,5

and on the way home; my bogey hill

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...5&panoid=28dzdDTVaZz90XU1Q2vMVw&cbp=12,0,,0,5

and the climb to the finish (carries on for another 300 yds round the corner: -
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...d=Paadsw1c7VpVvjaeKJ4kFA&cbp=12,243.9,,1,0.59

 

[HLaB]

My current route is not too steep Orchard Brae is about as steep as it gets 8%; the''tre might be steeper bit but thats the longest.

 

[Downward]

1.5 miles in
Bottom
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...d=DVpivJ5q_uTgNxiX6CEo1w&cbp=12,78.92,,0,8.62
1/2 way
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=52.455506,-2.04085&spn=0,359.992672&t=h&z=18

Nearly there - Nice view though

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...52.460589,-2.033157&spn=0,359.992672&t=h&z=18

 

[Downward]

Steepest Hill I have been up though is this
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=1J1LcGVRKAYMjDbFDxKiRg&cbp=12,194.31,,0,7.57

This last bit is the steepest

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=apHdufmBv1_e4_e0O3cTJA&cbp=12,198.82,,0,6.71

 

[gaz]

I keep meaning to nip over there and have a go!

going down would be ok. but going up will be real hard.

 

[cyberknight]

I notice we have not got many "The world is flat " posters .

Mea Culpa to anyone with a hill !!!

 

[Clamson]

My commute starts with a nice 14% downhill. Obviously then I have to climb it as the last part of my ride home.

My village is on top of a hill, surrounded on all sides by 15% hills. The town nearby (which my village is basically part of in all but name) is much the same. Unsurprisingly, you don't see too many cyclists.

 

[Downward]

I notice we have not got many "The world is flat " posters .

Mea Culpa to anyone with a hill !!!

It's hilly up north.

Everyway you turn from my house its a hill
I live in this one - Forget it is actually a hill sometimes !
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?clien...=Ni0Wbo3atjXxTEDKKk0NPQ&cbp=12,271.57,,0,4.21

From the bottom
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?clien...=gUmq5fvUf_m_ICvOpsdi0A&cbp=12,313.54,,1,4.14

 

[BentMikey]

going down would be ok. but going up will be real hard.

Going up of course, surely it can't be much worse than Cudham Hill or Cudham Test Hill?

p.s. I now have a 26t granny ring, so can go up the slightest of hills exceedingly slowly, more slowly than before.

 

[Cubist]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...oid=2zeDxHI3cN1u7_KCBNcLow&cbp=12,138.99,,0,5
Downhill on the way in. 45mph plus!

 

[HLaB]

I notice we have not got many "The world is flat " posters .

Mea Culpa to anyone with a hill !!!

It is flat, if you don't count the bumpy bits