is this a big hill

[JonnyBlade]

No. No you don't Believe me!

Game for any hill till I'm half way up lol

 

[JonnyBlade]

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

That looks like a doer!!! Looks fun

 

[chewy]

There's one that me and my mate call 'the bigger dipper'.

22% up for about half a mile, when you reach the top, sweaty, knackered but full of achievement the road decends back down at the same rate as you just climbed but you can clearly see the other side is......a repeat of the 22% you just bloody climbed!

If you coast down anywhere in Devon, you'll pay!!!

 

[HLaB]

Pictures can be deceptive of gradient, this road is an average of 15% maxing at 30% but it doesn't look that steep on Streetview.

 

[edindave]

Pictures can be deceptive of gradient, this road is an average of 15% maxing at 30% but it doesn't look that steep on Streetview.

It sure looks steep if you take into account the angle of the road sign and tree.

 

[david k]

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

that is so cool!!!!!!!!

it says a cycle to my in laws is a 30' drop, so other way is 30' rise

 

[david k]

230ft difference between min and max elevations on my 9 mile run incorporating that hill, is this a reasonable rise?

 

[JonnyBlade]

I have this at the end mile of every commute. It's a killer. Spin the view from left to right, and it carries on. On the plus side, I get to go down it everyday aswell

Nice

 

[JonnyBlade]

Pictures can be deceptive of gradient, this road is an average of 15% maxing at 30% but it doesn't look that steep on Streetview.

Nice one. Some great hills on these posts

 

[JonnyBlade]

230ft difference between min and max elevations on my 9 mile run incorporating that hill, is this a reasonable rise?

The difference between up and down matters not. Just look at the ups and know that you've had a bloody good climb

The downs are a bonus

 

[david k]

The difference between up and down matters not. Just look at the ups and know that you've had a bloody good climb

The downs are a bonus

do all ups have downs?

my ups only seem to have more ups, on a circular route!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[briantrumpet]

Here's the profile of a decent hill out of Awliscombe in East Devon:

It's the only one to have defeated me - not so much the amount of climbing (470ft in 0.86 of a mile), but the relentnessness of the climb near the end.

 

[thelawnet]

Depends what you ride, what you're used to. A local hill here in flat(ish) Surrey goes up 226 feet over 1.3 miles with a max gradient of about 7%. I usually stop at the top for a drink!

I looked at another road, known as Blanchards Hill, it's only 40 feet of climb and 3% gradient!

 

[Piemaster]

My personal slog of a morning. My link

Not nice as its only a couple of miles into the commute. I'd much rather be descending it in a morning and up it after the day at work.

 

[Glover Fan]

There are 3 hills that have defeated me big time and I need to go back and attack them properly. They are in no particular order: -

"The Struggle" - Road from Ambleside to Kirkstone Pass, Cumbria
"Rosedale Chimney Bank" - North York Moors. I was lured to it by the big blue signs shouting 1:3, I swiftly gave up on the second hairpin in top granny gear on my MTB.
Salcombe Hill Road, out of Sidmouth Devon. Just a pretty sharp climb.

I've not found anything on the Cotswolds yet that has killed me. Although I am of course open to suggestions. I have a bit of thing for hills, I just love them!!!