Steep hills.

[Sittingduck]

That looks like a weekend challenge, need 37th to top the CC leaderboard

I will have to go and have another go at it sometime soon. Freezing cold SUnday morning with a cassette / chain that was slipping in the small chainring, if I recall correctly
Bit of a bummer to get to unless you go via the lanes from the Caterham side and retrace your steps. I messed up on my navigation around there and was on the main A22 about to drop off the Cliff face down the dual carriageway, before thinking better of it and turning over the cyclepath, which led me to the hill.

Gaz you should try Succumbs... just down the road, I think by the Ann Summer warehouse? Don't be tempted to break in they probably have it well guarded.

 

[gavroche]

Another snoozer form Gavroche............. why on earth do I walk into these all the damn time!

Well, we are on the third page now .Not bad for a snoozer is it?

 

[Andrew_P]

I will have to go and have another go at it sometime soon. Freezing cold SUnday morning with a cassette / chain that was slipping in the small chainring, if I recall correctly
Bit of a bummer to get to unless you go via the lanes from the Caterham side and retrace your steps. I messed up on my navigation around there and was on the main A22 about to drop off the Cliff face down the dual carriageway, before thinking better of it and turning over the cyclepath, which led me to the hill.

Gaz you should try Succumbs... just down the road, I think by the Ann Summer warehouse? Don't be tempted to break in they probably have it well guarded.

I reckon you must have covered nearly every segment in Surrey! I have a few over you but they are ones you have not covered for a year or so, and I'm not saying where they are lol

 

[Ningishzidda]

One sure fire way of stopping any chatroom thread of this title is to mention Ffordd pen Llech.

 

[Rob3rt]

Well, we are on the third page now .Not bad for a snoozer is it?

Fortunatelly, the conversation moved on so your initial statement became completely irrelevant!

I certainly didn't return to the thread because of your contribution, I returned because ColinJ's post re. the Rake showed up in my feed.

 

[gaz]

I will have to go and have another go at it sometime soon. Freezing cold SUnday morning with a cassette / chain that was slipping in the small chainring, if I recall correctly
Bit of a bummer to get to unless you go via the lanes from the Caterham side and retrace your steps. I messed up on my navigation around there and was on the main A22 about to drop off the Cliff face down the dual carriageway, before thinking better of it and turning over the cyclepath, which led me to the hill.

Gaz you should try Succumbs... just down the road, I think by the Ann Summer warehouse? Don't be tempted to break in they probably have it well guarded.

Excuses excuses!

I know succumbs, 25% right?
I think you need to get the timing right with the traffic, it's a little too narrow and a little too busy for my liking. Been down it several times.

 

[gavroche]

Fortunatelly, the conversation moved on so your initial statement became completely irrelevant!

Actually, you are talking a lot of hot air as all the conversations are about steep hills, the object of my thread which I initiated, thank you very much. Roger and out.

 

[Roadhump]

I once did the Rossendale Mountain Bike Challenge when it included a climb of Ramsbottom Rake ...



(The helmet cam rider was clearly pretty fit!)

... and one of our number got dropped. He eventually caught up as we discussed which way to go at the top of the climb. We asked him what the hold up had been and he replied that he'd run out of breath on the steepest bit so he'd stopped for a ciggy break!

Wow!! Excellent vid, doubt I would survive that...max H.R. would be well exceeded.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Wow!! Excellent vid, doubt I would survive that...max H.R. would be well exceeded.

How can you exceed a maximum?

 

[Roadhump]

I really must start finishing reading threads before quoting!! @Roadhump I presume you know the area pretty well but a good ride is Mere Brow,Croston,eccleston,wrightington then the easier way up Parbold Hill and the best way down! Then as i'm sure your aware there is plenty of lanes back across to southport either clieves hill way or back scarisbrick along Drummersdale and wyke lane. I lived just by the red lion and have ridden most of the lanes around that way!

As it happens I use Drummersdale Lane to go the other way and get into the country around Lathom, Burscough and Mere Brow quite a bit, then return to Southport via Banks and the Coast Road (where the wind, rather than the gradient, frequently offers a stern challenge). The distance varies between 25 and 35 miles depending on how you meander. The Croston to Wrightington route sounds good, the countryside round there is tremendous - must give it a whirl soon.

 

[Roadhump]

How can you exceed a maximum?

Good point, how ever it happens, still think my ticker would pack in trying that.

 

[Rob3rt]

Actually, you are talking a lot of hot air as all the conversations are about steep hills, the object of my thread which I initiated, thank you very much. Roger and out.

It might be about hills, but it is no longer about your inadequacy in ascending them.

 

[Archie_tect]

The south road up out of Rothbury is a long one + Whickham Bank gets steeper towards the top!

 

[Matthew_T]

The start of this video has a hill that I often have to walk up:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voM7mJLTh28

On this particular occasion I could have cycled a bit more but decided not to chance the ice.

For locals it is Gwaenesgor hill from Prestatyn.

 

[Accy cyclist]

My technique is to count 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4 to the sound of my scraping chain,and to keep my head down looking at the floor as much as possible. The sight of what lies ahead of you can be quite off putting, so i only look up for pot holes,parked cars and pedestrians every now and then.