Urban Hill Climb - Swains Lane

Ben6899
Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
edited October 2011 in Commuting chat
Okay I know there a good few London folk in Commuting Chat. I have just moved down and am taking my bike this weekend. I've got my eye on the Swains Lane Urban Hill Climb... has anyone on here had a go?

http://www.urbanhillclimb.com/
Ben

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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    The search function is your friend... try this thread for the current ongoing challenge..

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12800630
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Indeed - lots of Londoners have gone on endlessly about Swains lane as though it were the sort of climb you'd notice you'd ridden up. They need to MTFU and find some proper hills :lol:
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Rolf. It's a nice little bump and that's about it. I'm looking forward to big-ringing it. You'll notice I say I have just moved down... :)

    OptimisticBiker. Many thanks for the link.
    Ben

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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    LOL, you're right, us Southerners ae just a bunch of shandy swilling poofs.

    Mind you we do dice with death commuting into town.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Ben6899 wrote:
    You'll notice I say I have just moved down... :)

    I did notice that. Big ring, small sprocket. That's the way to do it!

    Still, to be fair Simon Warren rates it as a 4 out of 10 in 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs so I probably ought to make the effort one day!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Joelsim wrote:
    LOL, you're right, us Southerners ae just a bunch of shandy swilling poofs.

    Mind you we do dice with death commuting into town.

    Not at all. Just there aren't many hills in London! And in all fairness; Swains Lane is only 800m long.

    Shandy has nothing to do with it. That's another thread. :D
    Ben

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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Rolf F wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    You'll notice I say I have just moved down... :)

    I did notice that. Big ring, small sprocket. That's the way to do it!

    Still, to be fair Simon Warren rates it as a 4 out of 10 in 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs so I probably ought to make the effort one day!

    He does say that he's counting them as great climbs than necessarily the hardest, around my folks place a number of the few mile long mini alp like climbs are in the book, are they the hardest hills in the area? no there are number of nasty short brutes that have impossible average grades but they don't have the iconic climb factor.
  • chadders81
    chadders81 Posts: 744
    It's not as hard as the monster that is Balham Hill.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    roger merriman wrote:
    He does say that he's counting them as great climbs than necessarily the hardest, around my folks place a number of the few mile long mini alp like climbs are in the book, are they the hardest hills in the area?

    I know. If he was listing them as the hardest, there wouldn't be any in the Southeast and it would all look a bit repetitive!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    That hill up to White Lodge in RP must surely be in there. Every day I struggle up that!
  • willy b
    willy b Posts: 4,125
    It's nice because you're in London.

    Taking in Highgate Hill West, and then Swains Lane a few times makes for a good run.

    The current leader rode Swains 40 times in one go...
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