Fancy climbing a hill?

redvee

Try this on a typical summers day, ie wet, in both directions

roger_merriman

ooh that looks fun, nice a slidy and probably quite lumpy!

Deadeye Duck

by the time you got up that, your wheels will have probably spun out the equivalent distance 3 times!

redvee

The reward is a cafe behind where I took the piccy today, alas I didn't have my bike to give it a try myself.

spasypaddy

id take it on... FIXED!

redvee

To those contemplating the climb, you'll need one of these & one of these to ride it on.

Click here for the location.

iain_j

Nice

There's a similar one at Whitby, Church Lane, alongside the "199 Steps":





I've not been there with my bike yet!

_Brun_

spasypaddy wrote:

id take it on... FIXED!

And brakeless, unless you're soft or summat.

Kieran_Burns

A REAL man would do the 199 steps not the road 8)

spasypaddy

_Brun_ wrote:

spasypaddy wrote:

id take it on... FIXED!

And brakeless, unless you're soft or summat.

no i like my knees, i have two brakes on my fixie and my legs as a third

always_tyred

Its pretty short. I reckn if you were drafting a truck, you could get up enough speed to roll up.

White Line

Always Tyred wrote:

Its pretty short. I reckn if you were drafting a truck, you could get up enough speed to roll up.

Good idea! :twisted:

This really make me want to try though. Like, really. :shock:

iain_j

It's longer than it looks here, it carries on past that top corner. At the bottom, it literally goes from flat to something like 45 degrees, so you couldn't roll up onto it, you'd go over the handlebars as the front wheel hit it.

Still, what's a good ride without a challenging hill :twisted:

Kieran_Burns

Not to mention the 90 degree turn at the bottom. Unless you want to start in the estuary of course

DomPro

Looks safer to go up rather than down.

Feltup

Is that a cycle lane on the side next to the steps? I think it must be as it is just a bit too narrow to cycle in properly and suddenly disappears half way up.