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UK Hill Climbing Champs

funnights74 · 2016-10-31 16:05:52

Just saw this on Cycling Weekly. The numbers here are insane. Max gradient 26%, mostly around 15. HR 198 bpm :eek:. Serious Wattage as well, 500 plus. The sound of him gasping for breath at the end is familiar to most of us ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX-BQJxea14

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31-10-2016 5:05pm

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funnights74

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Just saw this on Cycling Weekly. The numbers here are insane. Max gradient 26%, mostly around 15. HR 198 bpm :eek:. Serious Wattage as well, 500 plus. The sound of him gasping for breath at the end is familiar to most of us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX-BQJxea14

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#2 31-10-2016 6:09pm
ednwireland

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thought i recognised that road (bank road matlock) used to live in derby and cycle up through matlock regularly

My weather
https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F

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#3 31-10-2016 6:41pm
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Some of the hill-cimbs in and around Yorkshire are ... eh ... interesting. Sheffield, for example, is a city built on hills; so much so that the hill (at the top of which I live .. lucky me when cycling home from work ... ) was included for stage 2 of the Tour De France 2014 because it maxes out at 25% gradient: Jenkins Road.

And of course next door to Sheffield are the Peaks; climbs a-plenty.

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