Steepest climbs in central London
- Thread starter Pale Rider
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Ah! I stopped doing that commute nearly three years ago, so probably not.
Yeah, that was always a problem at this time of year.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Yeah, if you get it on a good day, it's one you can really belt up. I'm inside the Strava top 20 on Bromley Hill - largely thanks to the time I timed it perfectly and was able to tuck in behind a bus for most of the way up.
Ah yes, I know it well. Short but brutal.
That little twisty climb up Beckenham Lane from Shortlands station is a good one - short enough that you can really attack it if you feel so inclined. And you need to be going reasonably quickly to be able to safely cut across the traffic into the right-turn lane at the top. But I stopped going that way when they started clamping down on cyclists going down the pedestrianised bit of Bromley High Street, which is when I started taking the back roads from Shortlands and finishing with Ringer's Road instead... Or the Queen Anne Avenue sprint on days when I didn't fancy it.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
I think we've discussed this before. I did once say hello to someone who stopped alongside me at the lights just past the bus station because I thought might be you but he just looked at me like I was a weirdo...
jefmcg
Guru
These ^^^^
From the river up to A4 level. Oddly, none of them seem to have strava segments. This is the only one I can find https://www.strava.com/segments/8223302
- Location
- London
Canonbie gradient sign.
18%
http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/43/55/1435555_9b47c377.jpg
There is a 13% in Crystal Palace (pah!) - a suburban type street I have been known to go up and down in what passes for training in my haphazard cycling regime.
Can't remember if there is a sign or if it's just marked as that on my OSM.
Will try to post name if I have a mo.
18%
http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/43/55/1435555_9b47c377.jpg
There is a 13% in Crystal Palace (pah!) - a suburban type street I have been known to go up and down in what passes for training in my haphazard cycling regime.
Can't remember if there is a sign or if it's just marked as that on my OSM.
Will try to post name if I have a mo.
Or carry along past the park and up Col de Chuch Lane... naughty little number.
- Location
- London
ah your eyes met under a peak/helmet - a spark, a flash of possible recognition, could it be? - pity. Could have been a beautiful relationship.PM now or you will never forgive yourself.
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
Ringers Road is the one going past Henry's? I used to enjoy that one, too, on days when I'd work in Bromley and come down from Beckenham (when I lived near Kent House station).Yeah, if you get it on a good day, it's one you can really belt up. I'm inside the Strava top 20 on Bromley Hill - largely thanks to the time I timed it perfectly and was able to tuck in behind a bus for most of the way up.
Ah yes, I know it well. Short but brutal.
That little twisty climb up Beckenham Lane from Shortlands station is a good one - short enough that you can really attack it if you feel so inclined. And you need to be going reasonably quickly to be able to safely cut across the traffic into the right-turn lane at the top. But I stopped going that way when they started clamping down on cyclists going down the pedestrianised bit of Bromley High Street, which is when I started taking the back roads from Shortlands and finishing with Ringer's Road instead... Or the Queen Anne Avenue sprint on days when I didn't fancy it.
Down's Hill from Shortlands up to Foxgrove Road was a fun one on the way back, too. Flying down Foxgrove Road was a lovely reward.
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
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Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
I work near there. I must confess, I've never heard of the "Bullshit London Walking Tour".
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
I've crossed paths with @ianrauk many times without ever actually meeting him properly - we've even been on the same audax without recognising each other.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Yep, that's the one.
Yeah, another one you can really attack if you feel like it, except that I always fade before the top. Descending it is a lot of fun too - good test of cornering skillz, and a good test of the brakes at the bottom...
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
That little hairpin going onto Foxgrove always catches me in the wrong gear, cos it kicks up again after a slight levelling.
I had KoM for 2016 for the Beckenham Hill climb for quite a while, before someone smashed it. Having seen my time obliterated, I took a detour to go and defend it, laden with a heavy backpack.... I managed to shave a couple of seconds off my time, but didn't get anywhere near the new mark.
I sense some hill repeats next weekend... HotA training, of course
