Hills and Cobbles in London

cgfw201
cgfw201 Posts: 680
edited April 2015 in Road general
Couple of questions

- Done Swain's Lane and the adjacent climbs hundreds of times, do any Londoners have other places they go to get some ascents in? Crystal Palace is the only other place I can think of that has any kind of decent gradients. Any tips would be handy, just looking to mix it up a bit, although Swains is easy to get to from work.

- Any long sections of cobbles to ride on in London? Having a Roubaix day ride before the Eurosport action, would be appropriate to include some cobbles. Only know of 20 yards next to The Ship in Wandsworth and about 2 feet on the bend at Richmond Gate in Richmond Park...

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  • cookeeemonster
    cookeeemonster Posts: 1,991
    Sure there's some cobbles around the Wapping area as I remember going on them for a nightrider sportive - 23mm road tyres didn't like it :) No idea how many streets have them or how long they are so you might end up going up and down the same 100 yard street 200 times to get a good feel :)
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    The London Classic route has some nice little hills and cobbled sections thrown in. It's next week - get involved. And they show P-Ron the TV afterwards.
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  • Tiesetrotter
    Tiesetrotter Posts: 432
    Crystal Palace is a good one and the Dulwich club do an occasional 29 cols of crystal palace. About 100km and 2000m of climbing.
  • cgfw201
    cgfw201 Posts: 680
    Tiesetrotter wrote:
    Crystal Palace is a good one and the Dulwich club do an occasional 29 cols of crystal palace. About 100km and 2000m of climbing.

    Just found that on strava. Looks like a great route. Don't Think I could trust the garmin 500 to get round it but may give it a go anyway

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