Comments on: Hill Climbs

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:44:32 +0000

I honestly think Stuart Dangerfield would have carried on winning the national hill climb championship perhaps another 5 or 6 times if he’d wanted to. The week prior to the 1998 champs we went over to Dovers hill, on what was a very ordinary day, & I timed him up the climb. I know the course very well so the timing wasn’t far out & he went up about 19 seconds faster than the winner did in that years championship. His view of the hill ‘ not f**cking hard enough for a championship’. He had entered the event but had just returned from the worlds & he’d had enough for the season, so he didn’t ride. As a rider I probably new Stuart better than most & without a doubt the hillclimb was his strongest event. At that point in his career he hadn’t even reached his peak & I don’t think Gordon Wright was coaching him then. On the way home from Dovers he said ‘Ive had with hill climbs now, they just drag the season out’ & he never rode another one. Shame really because he’d have certainly put that record on the shelf.

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By: Joo Mong

Joo Mong — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:30:13 +0000

Where I live, highest hill less than 200M. Longest uphill I found, about 1Km. Longest road between road junctions, just over 6Km.Thats all, until we manage to cycle across the sea to other islands some day.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:45:44 +0000

12% is 12 in 100 or 1 in 8.5
1 in 7 is 100/7 or 14%

By: tejvan

tejvan — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:48:22 +0000

Good luck Dave. There’s plenty of good climbs up there!

By: Dave Randall

Dave Randall — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:01:39 +0000

I’ve just bought a copy of 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs off amazon, the preview looks interesting and I can’t wait to build some of my winter training arround the climbs local to me (County Durham). Lets hope the winter ain’t too harsh this year!

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