Triathletes trying to ride up a hill

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    gavbarron wrote:
    I doubt it. Other than Harknott Pass there's nothing as steep as that (31%) and few close to it in the country:

    •Nick O Pendle – 16% (Lancashire)
    •Burrington Combe – 8% (Mendips)
    •Westclose Hill – 16% (Mendips)
    .........

    TBH, your list doesn't even scratch the surface of the steep climbs that can be found if you look hard enough. There's certainly quite a few plus 25% gradients lurking around in W Yorks if you are silly enough to look for them
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  • gavbarron
    gavbarron Posts: 824
    I just googled steepest climbs and that was what I got, if I want long steep climbs then I hop on a ferry for a weeks riding elsewhere, no matter where in the UK you live you'll never find proper climbs like you would on the continent or the US
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    gavbarron wrote:
    I just googled steepest climbs and that was what I got, if I want long steep climbs then I hop on a ferry for a weeks riding elsewhere, no matter where in the UK you live you'll never find proper climbs like you would on the continent or the US

    So how many Hardknott reps have you managed at one time then? Got to be a few what with it not even being a "proper" climb :lol:

    As to that list - it appears to be a list of climbs the source has done himself - not in anyway a complete list. You wouldn't list Buttertubs and not Park Rash unless you hadn't actually done Park Rash.
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  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Some of those listed are just the steepest part of a climb - same with the original video.
  • Omar Little
    Omar Little Posts: 2,010
    Captainlip wrote:
    Look at all you pullin your noses up at these chaps when most of you would be walking up there. alot of bollox flying about here.

    go look in the mirror.

    It is not the walking that it is amusing it is the falling off - it follows the stereotypical image of a tri dork with expensive equipment and a complete lack of bike handling skills.
    gavbarron wrote:
    I just googled steepest climbs and that was what I got, if I want long steep climbs then I hop on a ferry for a weeks riding elsewhere, no matter where in the UK you live you'll never find proper climbs like you would on the continent or the US

    Hardknott is much shorter and has less vertical gain but IMO it is harder than Ventoux, Alpe d'Huez etc - I think this will probably be a common viewof those that have experienced both.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    I've found unclassified sections of tarmac in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset that are easily in excess of 30% - most are closed to traffic or one-way descents only - what we tend to lack in length we make up for steepness in the UK. If you want steep, try Baldwin Street, Dunedin, NZ approaching 40%.
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  • sbbefc
    sbbefc Posts: 189
    There are some pretty steep bad boys in n wales, bwlch y groes, the old horseshoe (not to be confused with the new one) and this in Harlech http://app.strava.com/segments/1005887
  • styxd
    styxd Posts: 3,234
    I must admit, Wrynose from Langdale or Hardknott are much tougher than any of the Cols (I've ridden) in the Alps.

    Its just the fact they're so steep for so long, it means you cant take it easy and rest for a while if you need to. Its stand up and grind all the way to the top!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,328
    Not mentioned here. There is a climb out of Winchcombe heading east back towards the A40 in Gloucestershire. that is absolutley brutal. Dunno what they call it. I bet thats at least 30% near the top.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,375
    Omar Little wrote:
    Hardknott is much shorter and has less vertical gain but IMO it is harder than Ventoux, Alpe d'Huez etc - I think this will probably be a common view of those that have experienced both.
    I haven't done Hardnott, but had to get off and walk part of Wrynose going east (I could try some excuses, but it's probably more dignified not to) - not something that I even came close to on Ventouz or Alpe d'Huez. The Alpine climbs are all about just being able to sustain steady power for a long time.
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  • simona75
    simona75 Posts: 336
    Monty Dog wrote:
    I've found unclassified sections of tarmac in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset that are easily in excess of 30% - most are closed to traffic or one-way descents only - what we tend to lack in length we make up for steepness in the UK. If you want steep, try Baldwin Street, Dunedin, NZ approaching 40%.

    I think that's the street in the original video
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    simona75 wrote:
    I think that's the street in the original video

    The one in the video is in the US.
  • simona75
    simona75 Posts: 336
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    simona75 wrote:
    I think that's the street in the original video

    The one in the video is in the US.

    Ah ok, the state of the road looks just like Baldwin street

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