http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: climb - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:07:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=6#post-240147 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 11:26:17 +0000 Arellcat 240147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not a road as such, but closer to Edinburgh than Baldwin Street. Tulyar will recognise it, since he built this path and the bridge at the bottom.</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/c6d5Xb"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7084/7278864928_eac5e8e801_n.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="https://flic.kr/p/c6d5Xb">Test your brakes</a></p> <p>This was circulating on the internet recently:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9uO3KCJImA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9uO3KCJImA</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=6#post-240139 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:53:52 +0000 amir 240139@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Street" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Street</a></p> <p>"Many streets in the west of England and in Wales have reported slopes of 33% and higher. The street Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech, Wales has a reported slope of 36.6% (rounded to 40% on the warning sign). Vale Street in Bristol is often also reported as the steepest street in Britain and hence may have a slope even steeper than 36.6%. However these roads are mostly shorter roads than those listed above, with far more frequent turns as opposed to the straight path of Baldwin."</p> <p>It sounds like it's not a straightforward process choosing the road. </p> <p>Of course turns can make it harder for the cyclist. Ffordd Pen Llech is one way with the direction of legal travel being downhill. I'm not sure I'd even attempt without some serious gym work to prepare plus checks on my poor heart.<br /> Here's another list<br /> <a href="https://www.merlincycles.com/blog/the-10-steepest-roads-in-the-world/" rel="nofollow">https://www.merlincycles.com/blog/the-10-steepest-roads-in-the-world/</a></p> <p>This is one of the challenges I used to do when I was young enough not to worry about heart explosions<br /> <a href="https://www.strava.com/segments/3964257?hl=en-GB" rel="nofollow">https://www.strava.com/segments/3964257?hl=en-GB</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=6#post-240135 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 09:33:11 +0000 Frenchy 240135@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Strava segment: <a href="https://www.strava.com/segments/686663" rel="nofollow">https://www.strava.com/segments/686663</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=6#post-240131 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 00:19:04 +0000 chdot 240131@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38461418" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38461418</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=6#post-64186 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:29:43 +0000 wingpig 64186@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ramsay Lane is fine in the wet. I go that way in the morning if I feel like avoiding the taxi rank outside the Bank Hotel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=6#post-64178 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:41:17 +0000 PS 64178@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Are folks still interested in this? I suspect we'll need to keep an eye on the weather as wet cobbles are unlikely to be particularly forgiving, especially when thoroughfares such as Ramsay Lane are involved...</p> <p>Ronde stole my idea last Sunday, so I thought it only fair to join them. It was a nice day for it, and we did Gloucester Lane, Bells Brae, Royal Terrace, Arthur's Seat (twice), Victoria Street, Ramsay Lane (twice), Calton Hill amongst others (emphasis was on cobbles rather than steepness). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=6#post-61473 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:31:05 +0000 lionfish 61473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>To add to the list for last year, it's a VERY short bit of actual steep road: The one that links Dumbiedykes with the Pleasance.</p> <p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/7pon7gc" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/7pon7gc</a></p> <p>It is preceded by the steep path too though!</p> <p>It was my commute for a couple of years. Generally fine, but got through brake pads on the way down (and not really to be attempted when icy). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=6#post-61453 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:58:07 +0000 Uberuce 61453@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kaimes Road doesn't pussyfoot around, does it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=6#post-61322 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:48:27 +0000 ruggtomcat 61322@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>am away that weekend :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=6#post-61276 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:56:42 +0000 chdot 61276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"You'll need to describe the bike and exact location"</p> <p>By PM perhaps... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-61273 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:51:35 +0000 PS 61273@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@anth Yellow jacket and gold shoes is not an unheard of combo, so that is a possible spot. You'll need to describe the bike and exact location (Abercromby Pl?) to be more certain... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-61270 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:26:52 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 61270@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Brilliant! Sign me up!</p> <p>(by the way, I think I saw your other half this morning - but wasn't sure enough to say hi and then for it not to be her and it to look like I was applying some random chat-up line. Gold shoes, yellow jacket. Pulled alongside briefly at an ASL, but I turned up to Queen Street) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-61268 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:13:08 +0000 PS 61268@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The following weekend is Paris-Roubaix, so we could throw in a few of Edinburgh's more "interesting" horizontal cobbled streets too. That might well work better for all concerned. </p> <p>Either way, after the ride I'll be applying the traditional, tried and tested cobbled classics recovery method of drinking lots of Leffe and watching the pros hurting themselves. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-61256 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:41:56 +0000 riffian 61256@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm keen to have a bash at this - I regreted missing the last one.<br /> I'm also down for the Sweetie on Saturday 31/03 so following day is out!<br /> Following weekend is Easter weekend if that makes any difference (it doesnt to me). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-61252 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:28:19 +0000 DaveC 61252@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ditto Nippie Sweetie... Might be harmful to my relationship with SWMBO if I cycle twice in a weekend. Could we delay a week or something? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-61250 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:18:47 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 61250@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I know it means it's not Tour of Flanders Day, but how about the weekend after? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-61242 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:16:59 +0000 amir 61242@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd also like to do this, but I am also doing the Nippie Sweetie. Relations with my wife and body may be at straining point. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-61229 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:48:22 +0000 kaputnik 61229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's the day after Nippy Sweetie. Will have to see how the pins feel in the morning! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-61220 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:31:02 +0000 Uberuce 61220@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd best pull my finger out and start detouring up Kaimes on the morning commute, like I said I would weeks ago and 100% didn't, but yep, I'll have a crack at that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-61219 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:30:47 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 61219@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmmmm. I'd be ferry-lagged (day after we get back from Lewis). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-61216 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:52:58 +0000 PS 61216@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've got a hankering to give some of these hills a go (especially the cobbled ones) on the morning of Sunday 1st April (ie, Tour of Flanders day)... Anyone fancy it?</p> <p>[With a caveat that I may be very jet lagged that day, but the idea of exercise after a long flight seems a good one.] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-48227 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:44:54 +0000 kaputnik 48227@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/deekreid/6412390715/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6412390715_c9cbbcdd0a.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/deekreid/6412390715/">P1020302</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/deekreid/">deekreid</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>Just found this one of me. </p> <p>I laughed. A lot. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-48226 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:32:19 +0000 kaputnik 48226@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>only for idiots</p> <p><a href="http://s772.photobucket.com/albums/yy6/zoosh67/ERC%20Hill%20Climb%202011/?action=view&amp;current=IMG_2704.jpg"><img src="http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy6/zoosh67/ERC%20Hill%20Climb%202011/IMG_2704.jpg"></a></p> <p>Or did you mean the other 12? Those are far easier :) So long as it's not icy. Or dark. Kind of restricts it to a weekend. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-48222 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:58:24 +0000 tinez 48222@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd be up for a run at this sometime before the end of the year. Anyone else fancy this? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-48075 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:58:35 +0000 Colin 48075@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Purple faced ERC riders will be battling for their Club Hill Climb Championship on Sunday morning up the hill from Crookston Farm to Fa'side Castle from 11;00 - spectators very welcome!</p> <p>Cheers<br /> Colin </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-48057 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:55:42 +0000 amir 48057@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I found a new route home for me - up Orchardhead Road<br /> <a href="http://m.google.co.uk/u/m/R7guux" rel="nofollow">http://m.google.co.uk/u/m/R7guux</a> .</p> <p>It's a delightful road even in the dark. The main reason is that I have to get up the Liberton hill anyway and this road is beautifully smooth and quiet. </p> <p>Any road up, this reminded me of this thread. Isn't it about time this challenge was repeated? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-31405 Mon, 16 May 2011 09:21:43 +0000 Cyclingmollie 31405@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great report and photos. I didn't know where half those streets were. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-31404 Mon, 16 May 2011 09:18:36 +0000 chdot 31404@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any listed event gets free publicity via website/searchable database and free public liability insurance. </p> <p><a href="http://www.bikeweek.org.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikeweek.org.uk</a></p> <p>Doesn't have to be in precise week either! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-31401 Mon, 16 May 2011 09:12:45 +0000 Arellcat 31401@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given that it's mid-May, it's only a month until Bike Week. Perhaps the 12 Steepest could be an event registered for BW? Imagine a critical mass of beginners trying to ride up Kaimes! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1784&page=5#post-31392 Mon, 16 May 2011 00:21:03 +0000 kaputnik 31392@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Calton Hill or Ramsay Lane are plenty steep, but not so long that your legs or lungs get a chance to start really burning. Kaimes on the other hand - the only way is up! </p>