is this a big hill

[david k]

http://maps.google.c...12,96.5,,0,-1.8

is this a big hill? i really struggle on it, it goes on for some time. you can get a feel for the incline from buildings to the side, i recon it gets worse near top and must be mile long or does it just feel like it?

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...id=M34LRpV0B8EFgMpvEzvptQ&cbp=12,96.5,,0,-1.8

 

[Wankelschrauben]

It looks like a very long light incline to me, one of those ones that just knacker you out over the sheer distance.

 

[Chutzpah]

Where is it in your ride when you usually tackle it?

I find the first hill is always the worst, and I also always find it interesting to go up the same hill when you're legs are fresh compared to when you've already done a load of climbing. It makes it feel jolly different!

 

[Garz]

It goes on for just over half a mile and tops out around 7% max gradient according to a mapping site. Is it a big hill? Well that is totally subjective to the person going up it.

 

[david k]

its around mile 6 of 9, seems to help as my legs are warmed up.

is 7% alot?

i kills me, particularly near the top as the gradient is at its steepest

childwall to st helens, anyway of finding the rise? i presume its a rise

 

[fossyant]

Flaming flat over there..

7% is a steady climb. Worry when you get a 25% one !

 

[david k]

i wont worry, ill just walk, or better still drive 25% gee

 

[edindave]

<Crocodile Dundee accent>

That's not a hill...

http://s0.geograph.o...74_3e6e5cfd.jpg

</Crocodile Dundee accent>

 

[Wavey]

Try http://www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php it gives you distance and elevation.

 

[JonnyBlade]

<Crocodile Dundee accent>

That's not a hill...

http://s0.geograph.o...74_3e6e5cfd.jpg

</Crocodile Dundee accent>

I so want to have a crack at that one

 

[JonnyBlade]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...id=M34LRpV0B8EFgMpvEzvptQ&cbp=12,96.5,,0,-1.8

A nice one to try ....... short and sweet

 

[JonnyBlade]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...id=M34LRpV0B8EFgMpvEzvptQ&cbp=12,96.5,,0,-1.8

Definitely a hill

 

[zacklaws]

This is more what you call an hill which I climbed today at the end of a 92 mile sportive up to the finish line at the top and this is only about 17 - 18% and even then its only a run of the mill one, but this one was a bit special as its on cobblestones. The easy option is to go up the side of the road in the kerb to avoid the cobbles, but the kerb was a bit too high. Trying to pick a route through the cobbles and the small crowd cheering you on took your mind off the hill. When you get to the top, it turns left and carries on, and then when you think your there, it goes left again and upwards again. And this was not the hardest today.


http://maps.google.c...2,49.99,,1,9.75

 

[JonnyBlade]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...id=M34LRpV0B8EFgMpvEzvptQ&cbp=12,96.5,,0,-1.8

And another fun hill

 

[Halfmanhalfbike]

I so want to have a crack at that one

No. No you don't Believe me!