wrynose hardknott gears

A full report will apear shortly but for now if you can ride a local 25% hill comfortably then you can ride Wrynose and Hardknott east. The best tool to have is a HRmonitor and if it starts going up slow down. I rode it at 35 1/2 inches which is 42-32 or the same as 30-23 on a normal tripple or 34-26 on a compact. The only bit which felt a bit steep was the first bit of Hardknott. Having said that we only started at Skelwith Bridge(6 miles away) so after 70 miles I may put a different perspective on things.
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They are to date my nemesis climbs and I even though i have done them I still dont like to climb them. It might sound strange but I would rather climb an Hor catergorie climb abroad than those hills as for me I need to to give 100% to get up. I never stop on hills and I think that there in lies my fear that I really come so close to stopping when going up them.
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Hills are just a matter of pace