PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
That one out of Barley is excruciating - we do our route Barely the opposite way round now!!!
How Steep Is "Steep"?
- Thread starter classic33
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That one out of Barley is excruciating - we do our route Barely the opposite way round now!!!
sackville d
Guru
- Location
- Todmorden
I believe it`s a group of masochists from Cleckheaton who are behind the choice of route
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
IIRC, one of the climbs that they go up is the VERY steep, cobbled b*st*rd Buttress climb in Hebden Bridge.
For those who don't know it and might be wondering 'How steep?'... put it this way - I lived 2 minutes away from it for 30 years but I never even attempted to ride up it! I did attempt to ride down it once but got scared almost immediately, braked and went over the handlebars! Fortunately, I managed to get hold of a handrail as I fell so I didn't faceplant on the cobbles. After that, I left the bike at home and walked it!
Here's a video from an annual event on the climb ...
View: https://youtu.be/ZfkIxdBc0lM
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classic33
Leg End Member
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
The bottom section is probably about 37% but it averages approximately 23% overall. That would be bad enough on a tarmac surface but on cobbles it is a nightmare!
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
I thought the 'RVC' was next Sunday??
sackville d
Guru
- Location
- Todmorden
Richard, you are absolutely right. I thought with RVF being on today they might have chosen the same day.
If it was up to me I would have put it off indefinitely
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
This one's steep, and less than 1km from where I live. I made this video on my first ride up it. It averages about 18% for 350m, peaking at about 30% early in the climb.
Can you record this one again? Only this time can we have the camera pointing at your face?
Seriously though, good effort, judging by how hard you were breathing 
PMarkey
Guru
- Location
- Queensbury,West Yorkshire
@classic33 in what context was the worthy councillor pointing out Salterhebble hill was a problem even for serious cyclists ? I only ask as I saw a throw away comment on a forum sometime ago that Calderdale council was considering banning cyclists on parts of the Burnley road and Cragg vale (no this isn't an April fools) though I can find no actual evidence that it's true .
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classic33
Leg End Member
It's due to it being steep, therefore cyclists would be slowed down even more than usual.
It's why they were going to be placing the "Cyclists Dismount" signs at the bottom.
PMarkey
Guru
- Location
- Queensbury,West Yorkshire
Jeeeez that would be the thin edge of the wedge for cycling around Halifax , Wonder if they are thinking of putting cyclist dismount signs at the bottom of Stump cross or Boothtown maybe even Keelham farm and Stone chair and all the other hills around Queensbury all steeper than Salterhebble never mind the hills at the other end of the Valley around Mytholmroyd ,Luddenden foot,Mixenden,Heptonstall and Hebden Bridge etc . 
Paul
Paul
My legs started hurting looking at that video.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
And we can't have cyclists being slowed down on the roads can we? Who knows what congestion, hazards and delay they would cause to normal road users (power assisted type).
PS I liked the video too - thanks for posting Colin.
