Worthwhile Hills in Peak District

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  • beverick
    beverick Posts: 3,461
    peter101cycle wrote:
    How about this then.....out towards Huddersfield from Sheffield maybe, up Holme Moss,.......

    Just to clear up any confusion, Holme Moss is in Yorkshire and not the Peak District. :wink:

    Bob
  • sheffsimon
    sheffsimon Posts: 1,282
    beverick wrote:
    peter101cycle wrote:
    How about this then.....out towards Huddersfield from Sheffield maybe, up Holme Moss,.......

    Just to clear up any confusion, Holme Moss is in Yorkshire and not the Peak District. :wink:

    Bob

    Pedant alert...

    Climb from Holmfirth side crosses into Peak District methinks near Holme, before the summit.
  • R8JimBob88
    R8JimBob88 Posts: 285
    Just got back from a quick loop, only short but did Blaze Hill and the lovely cobbles in Kettleshulme.

    Blaze hill was good, lovely smooth road surface. The cobbles were, interesting... Loved the sign at the bottom "Unsuitable for motors", left me thinking "Thats ok because im a machine!" :lol: It didnt feel 30% to me, my garmin only recorded 21.5% which felt about right.

    Hoping to do the big ride on Sunday morning.

    Todays route - http://ridewithgps.com/trips/217114
    If you do what you have always done, you will get what you always got....
  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    SheffSimon wrote:
    beverick wrote:
    peter101cycle wrote:
    How about this then.....out towards Huddersfield from Sheffield maybe, up Holme Moss,.......

    Just to clear up any confusion, Holme Moss is in Yorkshire and not the Peak District. :wink:

    Bob

    Pedant alert...

    Climb from Holmfirth side crosses into Peak District methinks near Holme, before the summit.
    Can I join the pedantry? Yorkshire is some counties. The Peak District is a National Park. You can't compare them like that just because you think (wrongly) that all of the Peak District is in one county (Derbyshire?).
    Anyway, they overlap (including at some of Holme Moss).
  • Chinley Churner
    Chinley Churner Posts: 313
    Rode the route myself on Sunday with some mates who were up from London and wanted me to show them some hills.... hadn't done it for a while and forgotten what a fun route it was...

    toughest climbs...

    1) Jenkins Chapel to Pym's Chair... sucks you in at the bottom and then kicks you in the teeth at the top.
    2) Dolly Lane... last climb on the route and gets viciously steep at the top.
    3) First one out of Chinley through Wash and up to above Sparrow Pit... no chance to warm up and goes on and on.
  • R8JimBob88
    R8JimBob88 Posts: 285
    Here is my route from today...

    http://ridewithgps.com/trips/225080

    Its slightly different from Chinley Churners but adds an extra hill or two.

    61.4 Miles
    7275ft ascent

    Ive also made a quick list of the climbs that I thought were significant along with their gradients. All according to my Garmin 500

    Hill 1 - 20.1%
    Hill 2 - 20.9%
    Hill 3 - 19.1%
    Hill 4 - 13.6%
    Hill 5 - 23.8%
    Hill 6 - 15.9%
    Hill 7 - 11.7%
    Hill 8 - 10.4%
    Hill 9 - 12.3%
    Hill 10 - 21.3%
    Hill 11 - 23.5%
    Hill 12 - 25.0%
    Hill 13 - 20.5%
    Hill 14 - 15.2%
    Hill 15 - 16.3%

    Come and 'ave a go if you think yer 'ard enough!!!
    If you do what you have always done, you will get what you always got....
  • R8JimBob88
    R8JimBob88 Posts: 285
    Oh and to add.... What a route! I knew most of the climbs but there are some nice hidden gems in there. The killer for me was at 37.5 miles. I was buggered at that stage, still dont know how I managed it back in one piece hence the walking pace average speed :lol:
    If you do what you have always done, you will get what you always got....
  • Chinley Churner
    Chinley Churner Posts: 313
    That'll be Jenkins Chapel.... it's a brute.
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Just jumping in here - but did anyone mention Cromford Hill? that thing looks like a complete nightmare - one of those never ending hills. You could then hang a right at the top and head towards Ashbourne through Kniverton (which is a hell of a drop down and up again) then turn right when you get to Ashbourne and head towards Buxton on the 515 - that climb out of Ashbourne is a little sod.

    Fast hills on a fast road if you want something different.
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  • cristoff
    cristoff Posts: 229
    Guys,

    I have just started to really get into cycling and would like your opinion on this route i did on Sunday, it was very warm but very windy.

    Is this ok, in terms of speed for the hills i did on it (some registered at 23%)?

    Just trying to get an idea of where i am fitness wise.

    cheers

    http://ridewithgps.com/trips/236241
  • Tonymufc
    Tonymufc Posts: 1,016
    Worthwhile hills in the Peak District. All of them. :lol:
  • I am the god of hell fire
    I am the god of hell fire Posts: 326
    cristoff wrote:
    Guys,

    I have just started to really get into cycling and would like your opinion on this route i did on Sunday, it was very warm but very windy.

    Is this ok, in terms of speed for the hills i did on it (some registered at 23%)?

    Just trying to get an idea of where i am fitness wise.

    cheers

    http://ridewithgps.com/trips/236241


    Difficult to compare directly but my favourite routes manage about 500m climb per 25km and Im happy with speeds of 22-25kph on average so Id say you are doing well compared to me :)

    Compared to the Schlek's you probably arent !!
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    cristoff wrote:
    Guys,

    I have just started to really get into cycling and would like your opinion on this route i did on Sunday, it was very warm but very windy.

    Is this ok, in terms of speed for the hills i did on it (some registered at 23%)?

    Just trying to get an idea of where i am fitness wise.

    cheers

    http://ridewithgps.com/trips/236241


    Are you from Somercotes then ? Only my missus is from Somercotes. Hard to comment on average speed - quite a lot of the route is very urban isn't it - the run into Alfreton and the route you back home down Quarry Rd etc so I imagine that slowed you down - I'm sure you could found a nicer route !
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • cristoff
    cristoff Posts: 229
    Tom Butcher wrote:
    cristoff wrote:
    Guys,

    I have just started to really get into cycling and would like your opinion on this route i did on Sunday, it was very warm but very windy.

    Is this ok, in terms of speed for the hills i did on it (some registered at 23%)?

    Just trying to get an idea of where i am fitness wise.

    cheers

    http://ridewithgps.com/trips/236241


    Are you from Somercotes then ? Only my missus is from Somercotes. Hard to comment on average speed - quite a lot of the route is very urban isn't it - the run into Alfreton and the route you back home down Quarry Rd etc so I imagine that slowed you down - I'm sure you could found a nicer route !

    Yeah, from Langley Mill originally but moved out to Somercotes.
    Wereabouts you from then?

    Thanks for the posts, at least people arent laughing at me!
    :oops:
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Derby, her dad lives on Smedley Avenue though and her brother is down off Windmill Rise so know it quite well.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • cristoff
    cristoff Posts: 229
    Tom Butcher wrote:
    Derby, her dad lives on Smedley Avenue though and her brother is down off Windmill Rise so know it quite well.

    Christ, small world eh?

    I am on Somercotes Hill, just down from Windmill rise, my back garden backs onto houses on windmill rise.

    I hope the brother aint the scumbag with the barking dog who always argues with his missus at incredible decibel levels!! :shock:
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Haha - no he lives in the sheltered housing bungalows on the road off to the left - lot of argumentative blokes with loud dogs in Somercotes though !
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.

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