Comments on: Sidetracked from the Rake http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/6022/cycling/sidetracked-from-the-rake/ Cycling info - advice and tips Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 By: Al-Bo http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/6022/cycling/sidetracked-from-the-rake/comment-page-1/#comment-107545 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:29:39 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=6022#comment-107545 Coinnoisseurs of humour will say ‘chapeau’ for that use of the word ‘anyway’.

Well executed.

]]> By: tejvan http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/6022/cycling/sidetracked-from-the-rake/comment-page-1/#comment-106954 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:49:46 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=6022#comment-106954 Upper Class twit of the year? :)

]]> By: tejvan http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/6022/cycling/sidetracked-from-the-rake/comment-page-1/#comment-106953 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:49:31 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=6022#comment-106953 I think the last record was set on a hill 7-8% so there may be something in a shallower gradient.

]]> By: Alan http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/6022/cycling/sidetracked-from-the-rake/comment-page-1/#comment-106952 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:40:59 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=6022#comment-106952 I was thinking a longer climb of around 7 or 8% would be better so each ascent took less out of you and you had longer to recover on the descent, but then I suppose you have to weigh that against the greater distance travelled and getting cold on the way down.

I suppose the key thing is a pretty constant gradient which is why you’re thinking Peaslows?

]]> By: Patanga http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/6022/cycling/sidetracked-from-the-rake/comment-page-1/#comment-106920 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:26:30 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=6022#comment-106920 Just go for it. You´ll love it and cherish it for the rest of your life.

(PS: Is there a monty python sketch on climbing a hill 125 times?)

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