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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    I got back one day and my bro in law asked me where I'd been, box hill I said - he was asked me how I got there :shock:
    I hope you said "Via Leith " ... ;)
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    My running to riding ratio seems to be 1 to 10, ie a 50km bike ride is similar in effort and after effects as a 5km run. The ride takes a lot longer though!
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Slowbike wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    I got back one day and my bro in law asked me where I'd been, box hill I said - he was asked me how I got there :shock:
    I hope you said "Via Leith " ... ;)

    Is there another way?
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    mrfpb wrote:
    My running to riding ratio seems to be 1 to 10, ie a 50km bike ride is similar in effort and after effects as a 5km run. The ride takes a lot longer though!

    I was comparing runners to riders. Ironman is about 4:1 ratio.
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    Slowbike wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    I got back one day and my bro in law asked me where I'd been, box hill I said - he was asked me how I got there :shock:
    I hope you said "Via Leith " ... ;)

    Is there another way?

    No idea - never been there ...
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Slowbike wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    Slowbike wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    I got back one day and my bro in law asked me where I'd been, box hill I said - he was asked me how I got there :shock:
    I hope you said "Via Leith " ... ;)

    Is there another way?

    No idea - never been there ...

    Was tongue in cheek. You will love Box - it looks impressive but is a gradual incline with rod surface to die for
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    Slowbike wrote:
    No idea - never been there ...

    Was tongue in cheek. You will love Box - it looks impressive but is a gradual incline with rod surface to die for

    Dunno if I'm looking forward to Leith and Boxhill or not ... I've checked out the strava segments for riders that I ride with and it doesn't look too bad - but you never know if they were just cruising up or blowing out their arse ...

    I've not done enough hills this year - commute isn't flat, but I've been missing out the longer drags that I was able to do previous years (time pressure) - I'll get up Leith and Boxhill - just probably not as quickly as I would like ...
  • Der Kaiser
    Der Kaiser Posts: 172
    I'm feeling confident I will complete the ride. I did 90 miles on Sunday which followed a 3 mile run on the Saturday.
  • mallorcajeff
    mallorcajeff Posts: 1,489
    There is a great irony about somebody riding for the samaritans but worried about not raising enough money. Ring the samaritans for support :wink:
  • chrisaonabike
    chrisaonabike Posts: 1,914
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    Slowbike wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    I got back one day and my bro in law asked me where I'd been, box hill I said - he was asked me how I got there :shock:
    I hope you said "Via Leith " ... ;)

    Is there another way?
    Of course - via Whitedown, and Ranmore Common Road.

    Obviously you should get to Whitedown from Leith, and to Leith from Newlands.
    Is the gorilla tired yet?
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    mallorcajeff wrote:
    There is a great irony about somebody riding for the samaritans but worried about not raising enough money. Ring the samaritans for support :wink:

    Am I? I thought it was Alzheimer's Society?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    mrfpb wrote:
    My running to riding ratio seems to be 1 to 10, ie a 50km bike ride is similar in effort and after effects as a 5km run. The ride takes a lot longer though!

    I would say that was about right

    Going for a good time in a 100mile flat-ish cycle is easier than going for a good time in a half marathon (so 100 v 13) IME.

    I am more a cyclist though and only ever trained properly for one half marathon, then buggered up my ankle so did not reap the rewards.
    They would have only been time rewards though I am guessing.
    It would still have been hell!
  • milemuncher1
    milemuncher1 Posts: 1,472
    The weather is going to be horrendous on Sunday, I expect the route will be shortened again.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    The weather is going to be horrendous on Sunday, I expect the route will be shortened again.

    You are very strange
  • cremator
    cremator Posts: 99
    Doing it for first time this year raised 2000 for prostate cancer
  • Cliveyp
    Cliveyp Posts: 173
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    The weather is going to be horrendous on Sunday, I expect the route will be shortened again.

    Really? Surely we're not seeing another tail of a hurricane this year?
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  • oldbazza
    oldbazza Posts: 646
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    The weather is going to be horrendous on Sunday, I expect the route will be shortened again.

    Err,looks perfect at the moment;

    http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weat ... 1469923200


    Of course you may not be being serious :roll:
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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    cremator wrote:
    Doing it for first time this year raised 2000 for prostate cancer

    Well done :) and have a good ride!
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    oldbazza wrote:
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    The weather is going to be horrendous on Sunday, I expect the route will be shortened again.

    Err,looks perfect at the moment;

    http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weat ... 1469923200


    Of course you may not be being serious :roll:

    yup - looking good so far - don't want it too hot or windy ... but forecasts do change ..
  • TinyCeleste
    TinyCeleste Posts: 1
    Hi - a quick question about Leith Hill, as I've seen this seems to be the toughest climb on the route. I don't know this climb, but would be interested to hear from anyone with experience about how it compares to Ditchling Beacon? I know I can get up Ditchling Beacon after a long ride. Thx.
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Leith:
    https://www.strava.com/segments/944629


    Ditchling
    https://www.strava.com/segments/770191?hl=en-GB

    Both look to climb just about 440 foot - Leith is 1.2miles over Ditchling's 0.9 miles - so it's a shallower gradient.
    Leith does look to be a steady climb rather than Ditchlings up and level off, up and level off routine - I suggest that Leith is going to be a hard hill, but if you can do Ditchling then Leith will be fine - so long as you don't go balls out!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    edited July 2016
    My view/memory on Leith v Ditchling is that Ditchling is much harder.
    Have done both at least 3 times.
    Surprised to hear Leith hill is longer that Ditchling.

    Let us know how you found it Monday TC.

    Have a good ride everyone :wink:

    Don't ride too close to milemuncher as he is bringing his own personal storm cloud by the sounds of it :lol:
  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    Ditchling is quite a lot harder than Leith IMO, I've ridden both a couple of times this year.

    Leith you seem to be able to settle into a tempo much easier.

    And yes, Ditchling certainly seems longer, I think the first 0.3m on that segment are flattish so you don't really count it as part of the climb.
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  • Der Kaiser
    Der Kaiser Posts: 172
    I hear all this talk of Box and Leith being the climbs from hell but this is one of my local climbs.

    https://www.strava.com/segments/6681373

    I know I can get up it just not as fast as the Pro riders.
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    I've only now realised that I'll be leaving my house at 3:45am, may get a kebab from one of the still busy outlets for breakfast!
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,313
    iPete wrote:
    I've only now realised that I'll be leaving my house at 3:45am, may get a kebab from one of the still busy outlets for breakfast!

    You promised you were going to do something more challenging in 2016 and you are back on this turd... next year you do the Fred Whitton with me... :mrgreen:
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Carbonator wrote:
    My view/memory on Leith v Ditchling is that Ditchling is much harder.
    Have done both at least 3 times.
    Surprised to hear Leith hill is longer that Ditchling.

    Let us know how you found it Monday TC.

    Have a good ride everyone :wink:

    Don't ride too close to milemuncher as he is bringing his own personal storm cloud by the sounds of it :lol:

    maybe they are over his mountains in Richmond Park
  • milemuncher1
    milemuncher1 Posts: 1,472
    Der Kaiser wrote:
    I hear all this talk of Box and Leith being the climbs from hell but this is one of my local climbs.

    https://www.strava.com/segments/6681373

    I know I can get up it just not as fast as the Pro riders.

    Wow, you're my hero.
  • milemuncher1
    milemuncher1 Posts: 1,472
    TinyCeleste wrote:
    Hi - a quick question about Leith Hill, as I've seen this seems to be the toughest climb on the route. I don't know this climb, but would be interested to hear from anyone with experience about how it compares to Ditchling Beacon? I know I can get up Ditchling Beacon after a long ride. Thx.
    In isolation, and without having to deal with the fallers, the wobblers and the walkers, leith is not that bad. After having already had to do Newlands corner, and with the 'extras' it's not that easy. You will almost certainly find it difficult to maintain any sort of momentum, and it's the continual steep hill starts, having had to avoid someone 'abandoning ship' probably with no warning, right in front of you, without looking, that are tiresome. Bear in mind, that you then have to repeat the trick a few miles later, at Box Hill (which is not as steep, and the route uses the zig zag road), and that's where the challenge lies.
  • Der Kaiser
    Der Kaiser Posts: 172
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    Der Kaiser wrote:
    I hear all this talk of Box and Leith being the climbs from hell but this is one of my local climbs.

    https://www.strava.com/segments/6681373

    I know I can get up it just not as fast as the Pro riders.

    Wow, you're my hero.

    BTW I am not Liam Holohan.

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