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Park Rash and Malham Cove

By on July 4, 2013 in hill climbs

I’ve a few long, flat time trials coming up, including the YCF 50 and National 100. The sensible thing would be to get out the time trial bike, and get some fast miles in. But, I’m in Yorkshire and every evening I can’t resist opening the OS Map of Wensleydale and Upper Wharfedale and start […]

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Peaslows hill climb

By on June 3, 2013 in cycling, hill climbs

Peaslows hill climb at the bottom. A nice 10% gradient awaits. Peaslows is number 37 in Simon Warren’s 100 Greatest cycling climbs book. Distance – 1.6km Avg Grade – 10.7% Lowest Elev – 237m Highest Elev – 408m Elev Difference – 171m There are a lot of great climbs around this part of the world. […]

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Frocester Hill

By on May 28, 2013 in tejvan

On Saturday, I was riding the Farnham 10 mile TT open time trial. Off number 100 in a field of 101. It was a good race; despite a north westerly wind, it felt fast. I managed to do the 10 miles in 20.21, which was just enough for first place, pushing Nick Dwyer into second […]

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The End of the World – Yorkshire Style

By on December 21, 2012 in hill climbs, training

I read on the old t’internet that the world is going to end to today. I was a bit put out to be honest, I’ve just ordered 20 new inner tubes, and there’s no way I’m going to get through them before the ultimate Armageddon. They were good value, but I might have been better […]

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Hills of the Fred Whitton Challenge

By on August 13, 2012 in hill climbs

On Sunday I rode over all the main mountain passes of the Lake District which make up the Fred Whitton Challenge. I didn’t do the exact route of the popular cyclo-sportive, it was a little shorter, but the main hills were all there. Rather than drive through the Windermere traffic to Coniston, I parked to […]

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Fleetmoss and Buttertubs Climbs

By on July 14, 2012 in cycling, hill climbs

Fleet Moss is a long exposed climb between Buckden and Hawes. At it’s peak it climbs to just over 600 metres in altitude, with a max gradient of 17%. When I first got into cycling, Fleet Moss felt like an insurmountable barrier. I frequently cycled to the foot of Fleet Moss, but to go over […]

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