Convice me I can do this hill

snooks

"Hill are only as steep as you make them"

I got that from a bunch of Mint Sauce stickers in MBUK BITD

Agent57

snooks wrote:

"Hill are only as steep as you make them"

I got that from a bunch of Mint Sauce stickers in MBUK BITD

"Hills are only as steep as you want them to be" -- still got the sticker on my old RockHopper.
See bottom right:



Mint Sauce sticker on the front of the stem (bottom left).

greg66_tri_v2.0

How about this?

If you don't do it, we'll petition the mods to change your user name to "Kieran_GurliePuffCryBaby_Burns"?

Kieran_Burns

God, you're a mean lot you are.....


come here for some positive encouragement and all I get is abuse.


Last time I tell any jokes on here

dhope

So you're gonna do the hill this evening then?

mudcow007

an we want photographic proof of said hill slaying!!

Kieran_Burns

mudcow007 wrote:

an we want photographic proof of said hill slaying!!

Helmet cam heifer-face

CiB

Hills is hills. You might go a bit slower and use a higher gear but it's rare for one to be a showstopper. I rarely used the Bunny road when I lived up that way but don't recall it being a cliff face, not like Streatley Hill near Watlington (Oxford way). That's a hill.

Get on with it.

t4tomo

Once you've done it, pop up to yorkshire and climb Rosedale Chimney. We'll let you use the little ring, we're fair like that on here.

rjsterry

Kieran_Burns wrote:

God, you're a mean lot you are.....


come here for some positive encouragement and all I get is abuse.


Last time I tell any jokes on here

You didn't say 'gently talk me into it', you said 'convince me'.

snooks

Agent57 wrote:

snooks wrote:

"Hill are only as steep as you make them"

I got that from a bunch of Mint Sauce stickers in MBUK BITD

"Hills are only as steep as you want them to be" -- still got the sticker on my old RockHopper.

It was a long time ago! ...I had it going around the stem on my 1990 Blue/white splatter Kona Fire Mountain

Agent57

Old skool in da haus!

greg66_tri_v2.0

rjsterry wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

God, you're a mean lot you are.....


come here for some positive encouragement and all I get is abuse.


Last time I tell any jokes on here

You didn't say 'gently talk me into it', you said 'convince me'.

Quite! He can hardly have expected a chorus of "Ooh, looks a bit tough to me"; "I'd find a different route if I were you"; "Surely you're better off sticking to what you know"; and "it's not big or clever to do mountains like that just for the sake of it".

Worra GurlyPuffCryBaby!

*And* it almost looks downhill on google, FFS! Call that a hill? An overhang is a proper hill; round my way.... [etc]

rjsterry

Agent57 wrote:

Old skool in das haus!

FTFY, or should that be FDFS

(fest daß für Sie)

Rooner

Hill???? Surely that's an offence under the trades description act! My commute down here in the southwest on the way to work has an average of over 6%, with a max of 18%, route home is a bit less.

Maybe you should just one of those powered bikes?

Buff40

Oh yes........you can

Wallace1492

We did a hill on a MTB run last week, Kilpatrick Crags.... 3 gates you go through on way up from Old Kilpatrick, I was up for a tough climb. The guy who knew the route told me that in 20 years of doing the circuit, only once had he seen someone make it to the 3rd gate, and that person was in the Marines....

Well needless to say, by Wednesday evening he had seen the second person in 20 years make it to the 3rd gate.....

It was a huge struggle but so happy at getting there. Just need a goal/incentive. Once done a few times it becaomes less of an issue. SLAY that hill!

thecrofter

A couple of hundred feet in half a mile - that's not a hill. MTFU you big cry baby. I can't believe someone would draw such attention to their own inadequacies by posting them on an internet forum. You might as well have said "My willy is only two inches is this too small" :shock:

Kieran_Burns

bloody typical that the fastest growing thread I've started is one where you lot get to abuse me.

I hate everyone.

and you smell.

Wallace1492

At this rate you will be de-caped soon....

Cant have a Crosser failing on hills.

I will now feel suitably ashamed to be seen on my Tricross tonight

spen666

Rooner wrote:

Hill???? Surely that's an offence under the trades description act! My commute down here in the southwest on the way to work has an average of over 6%, with a max of 18%, route home is a bit less.

Maybe you should just one of those powered bikes?

Alternatively, I'm sure one of the grannies may lend Kieran her electric bike to get up that bump.

Have you thought about getting a disability scooter?

thecrofter

Kieran Burns????

More like Pete Burns



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Kieran_Burns

Hill duly done

Got 1/2 way up in middle ring / 4th but had to drop to 3rd and finally 2nd as I got to the top, but that was 'cos I was determined to do it in the saddle all the way up

In other news: I scared the crap out of a guy who I caught having a crafty drink of Stella while sat in traffic (spoken to the Police)

tailwindhome

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Hill duly done

You go girl!

Can't believe we got to page 3 without someone pointing out how heavy a Tricross is and suggesting you buy a proper road bike

gb155

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I have a nemesis hill that I will not go belting down until I've cycled up it...

It's this one

Called Bunny Hill and it's a bit of a bloody duracell bunny if you ask me... I keep chickening out of trying it but I really want to see if I can beat the 50mph limit coming down it - but I have to conquer it first.....

On the Tricross and I really don't want to have to use the granny ring :oops:

IF I can do this, anyone can do anything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmRPeMBM5Xs

greg66_tri_v2.0

You da GIRL!

Cleat Eastwood

mudcow007 wrote:

pffft you big jessy!

i was expecting something like Snowdonia.....


my current hill i dont like going up is this one this one that equally doensnt look impressive

my only motivation to get to the top is the pub

Another view

Puff. just over the road is This 14% er

yes I know parbold hill is 14% but is really 4teeeeen percent.

Cleat Eastwood

gb155 wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I have a nemesis hill that I will not go belting down until I've cycled up it...

It's this one

Called Bunny Hill and it's a bit of a bloody duracell bunny if you ask me... I keep chickening out of trying it but I really want to see if I can beat the 50mph limit coming down it - but I have to conquer it first.....

On the Tricross and I really don't want to have to use the granny ring :oops:

IF I can do this, anyone can do anything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmRPeMBM5Xs

Wow I have to say I'm impressed, i saw pics of you over in the road section a few years ago and to be honest you were a fat bastard, I saw you on last years manc-blackpool and you'd lost loads of weight. But that vid and the pix on your blog, it's like a different bloke. Chapeau sir.
Thats incredible what you've achieved. I hope youre an inspiration to others, if I see you on this years manc-bpool I'll give you a shout. well done.

Kieran_Burns

TailWindHome wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Hill duly done

You go girl!

Can't believe we got to page 3 without someone pointing out how heavy a Tricross is and suggesting you buy a proper road bike

I've GOT a proper road bike - the Madone (4.5). The Tricross means I can bloody fly when I get on the Madone, which is why I don't use it often :P

Kieran_Burns

Oh,
and some POSITIVE encouragement would be nice in future. That was a huge mental hurdle I got over there, so some of the sarcasm was not entirely appreciated.