100 Great Cycling Climbs

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I'm sure you've all seen the book by now, small black A5 size describing, well, the 100 greatest cycling climbs in the UK. having read bits of it last night, i have actually driven up most of them including Bealach na ba which gets a rating of 11/10 in the book.

so i thought if anyone else had bought it or is considering it, we can compare climbs, not so much the time taken on the ascent but more the "fking hell that was tough" kind of thing... I'm planning a trip to the lakes in September to bag a few of the lakeland passes but there are a few in the South west that are worthy of a day trip and an early start given its tourist season...

I told SWMBO i'd need a new bike, the request wasnt met with total bike denial....

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Once you have knocked off the UK climbs, you can head over to Italy for another 100!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472143051

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JEA1K said:

Hanging Grimston is a bit of a challenge as some of the surface is loose with a gate halfway, which is generally closed, so you need to open and close behind you, just so your aware. I live in Pocklington so local roads to me, although I've not been up Hanging Grimston for a while ...

2 gates sometimes. But the other climbs up to the top of of the Roman road are worth considering: painsthorpe and uncleby. A touch further along is Creets hill, recently resurfaced and good up & down

If you go up nunburnholme then head to warter then huggate then thixendale then acklam then down creets then loop back through bugthorpe towards Kirby underdale you can pick hanging grimston or one of the others back up to the top and make a nice ride

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In case anyone is planning to do Streatley Hill - it's closed next Sunday, 25th (hopefully for resurfacing as it's completely shagged at the top but seems an odd day to pick).

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outnumbered said:

Streatley is closed next Sunday because the CTT National Hillclimb is being held on it, organised by my club... Unfortunately no spectators are allowed because Covid.

Ah, that explains it. I thought it was an odd day for roadworks! Have a good one.