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Maidenhead & District CC hilly time trial

Another cold March morning and another hilly time trial. This time 30.8 miles around the lanes of Marlow, Stokenchurch and Henley, in a race organised by Maidenhead & District CC. I know these roads very well from training rides. There’s plenty of hills and drags around this part of the Chilterns, which is why I […]

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The End of the World – Yorkshire Style

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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National Hill Climb Championship 2012

The 2012 championship was held on the Rake, a short brutal climb from the town of Ramsbottom. The race was well organised by  Lancashire RC, with a closed road, and despite the weather, a very good crowd. The deserving winner was Jack Puller (Wheelbase.co.uk) in a very good time of 2.21. Under better conditions, the […]

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National Hill Climb Championship 2012 Preview

There has been considerable interest in this years National hill Climb championship on the Rake. There will be a full field of 150 riders – I hear with over 100 entries returned. The road will be closed to traffic, and a significant amount of spectators will be expected – especially outside the two pubs which […]

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Nick o Pendle 2012 – North Lancs RC

Sunday was my penultimate hill climb of the season – the Nick O Pendle organised by North Lancs RC. Nick O Pendle Hill climb Distance 1.2km Avg Grade 11.1% Max Gradient: 16% Elev Gain 135m Course Record: Chris Boardman 3.29 (1988 – hill climb championship) My PB: 3.35 (2011) The Nick O Pendle has a […]

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Nelson Wheelers CC hill climb

When the weather is good in October, it’s one of the best times of the year. As much as I love hill climbs, I almost regretted not being able to just go out all day on the bike, rather than a short race. But, it’s a week before the national hill climb championships, it’s not […]

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Sanitation Hill

The past week I’ve spent in New York. The bad news is that I missed a great weekend of excitement in the hill climb season. The good news is that I got to cycle around Queens, New York. The even better news is that I got to read the whole of the USADA report on […]

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Jubilee Tower Hill Climb

A few years ago Ben Greenwood did this local hill climb (from Quernmore to the Trough of Bowland) in a time of around 7.23. He said he thought a sub 7 minute ride was possible. So the Lancaster CC organiser, Alistair Hodge, approached a local cycle shop Edge Cycle Works in Lancaster, so if they […]

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Guise Edge and Norwood Edge Hill Climb

Saturday was a two stage hill climb promoted by Otley CC. Talking to Sam Ward (Otley CC) before the event, we realised we both did this event as schoolboys 19 / 20 years ago. Sam was probably the person who first gave me the idea to have a go at hill climbs. In those days, […]

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Streatley Hill Climb

After Leith Hill  (btw: I uploaded a youtube video of race on that page) on Saturday, Sunday morning was quite a different kind of hill – Streatley hill near Goring. Short and steep, this is fairly close in difficulty to the Rake, (Nat champs 2012). Despite doing very well in longer climbs earlier this season, […]

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Leith Hill – Kingston Wheelers CC

  I ended up doing the last four hill climbs on a time trial bike, so it was nice to get a proper ‘good old fashioned’ 4 minute hill. I could put my time trial bike in the loft, and get my hill climb bike ready. I stripped it down my road bike as much […]

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