Today's ride was a pretty tough 52 miles - Sheffield-Bradfield-Snake Pass-Castleton-Grindleford-Home!
We hit Castleton around the 30 mile mark and 2,500ft of climbing so were already feeling it, my mate suggested we have a go at Winnats Pass so we did. And......
I had to stop 3 times, though to be perfectly honest it isn't as difficult as I thought it was going to be. Without the distance and climbing already in the legs I'd have gotten up it without stopping. I'm suprised so many people push their bikes up.
However, I did have my first clipless moment on there! I stopped just before the last 20% section, caught my breath and set off again - but my left foot slipped off the pedal, the bike was going nowhere and I keeled over sideways into the middle of the road
Nothing hurt but my pride though, and I made sure no cars were around when I set off so no danger there.
The overall speed was slow,
about 13mph, but we had a female colleague from work come with us. She'd had enough after 20 miles and 2,000ft of climbing so turned back for home but we spent a lot of the morning riding at her pace. She enjoyed it but was knackered, she text me and said she only just made it home!
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Not sure if this will work but my mate took a vid of me getting to the top of Winnats - had to quickly stop as my left foot wasn't clipped in again after setting off after my fall! I realised after that I must have stood on some dirt and there was a load in the cleat, making it difficult to clip in properly. Not really helpful on that hill!
