steve52
I'm back! Yippeee
- Location
- bottesford scunthorpe
how do i get up it? slowly,red faced panting loudly and dribbeliung shoe laces
Killer Hill need advice
- Thread starter jasonmccullum
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User6179
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Dusty Bin
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tbh, I do most of my training on the flattest roads I can find. Slight inclines are also useful - but hauling yourself up every 20% wall in the area is a bit pointless if you only ride flat circuit races and a bit of cross in the winter...
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User6179
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I posted about what I thought was a killer hill when I first started cycling again . I avoided the hill for quite a while but managed it in 7-6 gear three times yesterday . I did however get some funny looks when I jumped up and down at the top shouting Adrian and humming the Rocky theme tune 
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
I am struggling to understand how you have come to these conclusions, care to elaborate?
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Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
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User6179
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Is that anything to do with it being a load of cobblers?
care to elaborate?
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
It's a state of mind!
When I did the Phil and Friends we got to Winnats Pass just after the lunch break. It's not good to have a nice filling serving of pasta just before that sort of challenge and I would have to fight the fear! Which I did and always got up it altho' one time I was nearly foiled by someone falling off in front of me.
So just tell yourself you are going to do it.
My only defeat has been Rosedale Chimney Bank which I encountered doing the now defunct Moors 'illy Imperial. It was reached after 60 miles, a collection of daunting climbs and crossing a bleak and windswept moor. I always took a break, bought an ice cream in Rosedale and walked oop t' bu66er.
Linford
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You could always do the hill at the start of the ride instead
My little victory today is that I managed my own killer hill in one hit. It is only a 10 mile ride, as I'm struggling for time now, but it is a biggie from where I'm standing. First time I tackled it, I had to stop about 5 times to catch my breath. The best thing is I'm actually pretty close to cracking the 50mph on the descent now
My little victory today is that I managed my own killer hill in one hit. It is only a 10 mile ride, as I'm struggling for time now, but it is a biggie from where I'm standing. First time I tackled it, I had to stop about 5 times to catch my breath. The best thing is I'm actually pretty close to cracking the 50mph on the descent now
jdtate101
Ex-Fatman
- Location
- Boring Birmingham
15% is certainly hard but not that difficult. You need to do a mixture of in and out of saddle work, measure your effort and work on your low cadence power. The latter can be done via Turbo or deliberately overgearing yourself to work on producing torque at lower RPM. Working on the cardio will also help and doing intervals on the turbo will help with lactic threshold. All these combined 'should' help you with the climbing, but there really is no substitute for willpower and ignoring the voice in your head. Once you learn to do that climbing can even become fun.
15% is out of the saddle stuff for most anyone - especially in the UK where there won't be long climbs of that steepness. I wouldn't hit one with a 39/25 as my smallest gear. That would be grinding it out in the most awful way. I do Swain's lane in a 34/23 if I'm fresh-ish, and if I'm knackered I'll do it in a 34/28 (though I have recently bought a new cassette without the 28, so I look forward to doing loops on Swain's with that). Swain's lane is only 400 yards or so, and only the second half gets to around 15%.
