Where's the best place in the UK for good climbing training?

Cookie91

markhewitt1978 wrote:

You don't need to go all the way to Scotland. Coming from Surrey then Snowdonia would perhaps be a good choice

Wales and snowdonia, is probably your best bet with a mix of quiet roads and climbs, otherwise anywhere that is known to be hilly such as dartmour, cumbria, mendips and the dales.

Although, for price i would fancy a cheap summer rental in a chalet in the alps. Thats what im doing this summer despite living in the rolling hills of somerset!

markhewitt1978

tbh if you want to do proper hill training in addition to distance milage. Hop on a cheap flight to Mallorca - can't go wrong there

YIMan

giant man wrote:

goonz wrote:

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Tc1993 wrote:

The Isle of Man

You knows it!



Not sure if it's what the OP is looking or though, although it depends on his definition of a long climb I guess.

I'd say for short, steep, tough climbs you're spoilt for choice here, there is nothing a decent rider can't get up in 30min though. The biggest climb we have is only about 450m, but there are hills absolutely everywhere. To the point where it is actually difficult to do a 30km ride with less than 1,000m climbing (Unless you just do laps of the north).

How the feck did Cav become just a good sprinter then???? He should be a really good climber!

But he's not, he's $hit at climbing lol

He's probably an amazing climber compared to an amateur cyclist, he just looks slow compared to his fellow pros?

thefd

Ed J wrote:

giant man wrote:

But he's not, he's $hit at climbing lol

To be fair, he could probably smash most of the members of this forum without even trying. It's just comparatively he looks bad.

I would be as bold as to say - he could smash all of the members of this forum without even trying. I find in amusing that some pin top on a forum calls his $hit at climbing when he could certainly smash him!

marylogic

The audax snow roads route looks like a beauty - somebody decided it would be great to string together all the roads that get closed by snow each year. If the 300K seems like too much there are lots of options to choose from in Grampian/cairngorm

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/970907

housemunkey

Peak district? Holme Moss, Snake Pass, Cat and Fiddle, Long Hill, Froggat Edge. All quite lengthy but never too brutal on gradient. Then if you do fancy something short and sharp there is Winnats Pass.

housemunkey

Double post

ben16v

plenty of hills in snowdonia
check out this segment named half alpe d`huez
http://app.strava.com/segments/1786022

5.5 miles 1730ft KOM 28mins

dave in swansea

Have a look at the routes on the Merlin supportive. The cothi route 70m includes the black mountain 1564 ft over 19m, also the climb past Brechfa 600 ft over 2 miles. Fantastic quiet roads.

markhewitt1978

YIMan wrote:

He's probably an amazing climber compared to an amateur cyclist, he just looks slow compared to his fellow pros?

I often hear that "Oh Cav is crap on hills", I 100% guarantee you that Mark Cavendish would best every person on this forum on any climb. If I could be as good as Mark Cavendish is on hills I'd be a very happy man, but I doubt I'd ever achieve that because I'm not a professional athlete.