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Snake Pass Hill Climb

By on September 2, 2012 in hill climbs

Snake Pass: 6 Km Average Grade: 5.7% Elev Gain 348m The hill climb version is a little shorter. After two weeks in New York, it was a very different cycling experience – back to England and the start of the hill climb season. I decided to begin  the hill climb season by doing a new […]

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Hill Climb Training

By on August 23, 2012 in training

In the UK, hill climbs are generally short time trial races up hills. They can last from anything between 2-10 minutes. Though there are also longer hill climbs of 10+ KM. Some races, like up Mount Washington, Alpe d’Huez can take over 30 minutes. Training for hill climbs requires getting fit to race at this […]

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Cycling in Hills of Keighley and Worth Valley

By on August 9, 2012 in cycling, hill climbs

I blame Simon Warren and his 100 greatest climbs. I can’t think of any other reason for finding myself fighting up a 20% gradient on a tough cobbled climb from an industrial estate near Keighley. (Thwaites Brow, #140, 2nd Edition) As a devotee of pro cycling, I’ve always been enamoured of the famous cobbles of […]

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Wrynose Pass

By on July 1, 2012 in cycling, hill climbs

Last Friday, I traveled to Lake District to ride up some of the major Lake District hill climbs. After Kirkstone Pass, Red Hill Climb, and Langdale pass, I ended up at the bottom of Wrynose Pass, with this sufficiently ominous looking sign. Wrynose pass from Ambleside to the West is a long challenging climb, but […]

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Hill Climbs

By on September 12, 2011 in cycling, hill climbs

Hill Climb Agony (photo by Bernard Thompson) See also: How to Ride a hill climb Tips for cycling up hills National Hill Climb Championships Hill Climbs are a uniquely painful and challenging cycle race. The ideal is simple – ride up a hill as fast as you can. It’s just you, your bike and your […]

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Interview with Simon Warren

Interview with Simon Warren

By on July 6, 2011 in articles, blog

  I like all aspects of cycling, but it’s climbing up hills which is probably my favourite aspect. Because I’ve climbed so many hills around the UK, I really enjoyed reading 100 Greatest hill climbs by Simon Warren- about some of the most testing  hills for cycling in the UK. I asked the author, Simon […]

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