I set off - not a bad day at all with light wind and about 6-8Deg C, although it was overcast and grey with low cloud. It was a reasonably quick spin for the 7 miles or so to the bottom of Kingston Hill, but for some reason despite feeling warm and ready at the bottom of the hill I struggled and made it harder work that I think it would be normally - its graded as a 2/10 but I found it harder than that today. Here's my effort: https://www.strava.com/segments/6655533
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| #122 Kingston Hill |
I managed 6:02 vs a target time of 5 minutes.
At the top I turned onto the A40 - I had not spotted this busy road when plotting the route and it was also quite misty at the top. Fortunately the traffic was light. My route then had a 12 mile or so run back to Princes Risborough with quite a tough climb (Radnage) in between.
On getting back to Princes Risborough I crossed my route and turned towards the Whiteleaf Climb. As soon as you turn onto Peters Lane you can see the climb a few hundred meters ahead and it looks tough from the outset. I dropped onto the small 34 ring and tried to spin up, but the gradient increased very quickly and I was soon in the 34-28 and struggling. It seemed steepest as the road bent to the right and stayed steep for another few hundred meters - a slight kick at the end and then it was over. It was hard and deserved the 7/10 rating.
Here's my effort: https://www.strava.com/segments/6681416
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| #23 Whiteleaf |
This ride increases my list of completed climbs of the (now) 200 total:
No
|
Name
(rating/10) |
My Time
Book time |
Strava
Link
|
1
|
Cheddar
Gorge
(3/10) |
14:17
(13:00) |
|
14
|
Box
Hill
(3/10) |
07:50
(7:00) |
|
15
|
Yorks
Hill
(6/10) |
04:20
(3:00) |
|
16
|
White Lane
(5/10) |
03:41
(3:00) |
|
20
|
Toys
Hill
(7/10) |
10:50
(8:00) |
|
22
|
Ditchling
Beacon
(6/10) |
06:47
(6:30) |
|
23
|
Whiteleaf
(7/10) |
07:25
(6:00) |
|
26
|
Mott Street
(3/10) |
5:21
(6:30) |
|
80
|
Honister Pass
(9/10) |
15:02
(17:00) |
http://www.strava.com/segments/667735 |
81
|
Newlands Hause
(8/10) |
10:52
(9:00) |
|
82
|
Whinlatter Pass
(5/10) |
12:16
(13:00) |
|
83
|
Kirkstone Pass
(7/10) |
18:38
(21:00) |
|
84
|
Hardknott Pass
(Failed - had to walk) (10/10) |
16:35
(15:00) |
|
85
|
Wrynose Pass
(10/10) |
15:56
(15:00) |
|
98
|
Rhigos
(6/10) |
unknown
(19:00) |
Ride
not meeting 100 Climbs segment
|
99
|
The
Bwlch
(5/10) |
unknown
(21:00) |
Ride
not meeting 100 Climbs segment
|
117
|
Chalkpit
Lane
(7/10) |
08:03
(8:00) |
|
122
|
Kingston Hill
(2/10) |
06:02
(5:00) |
|
132
|
Gun
Hill
(5/10) |
10:24
(11:00) |
|
136
|
Edge
Hill
(1/10) |
04:20
(5:00) |
I've made a new page on this blog here to put the table rather than keep embedding it on the main pages. Hopefully I'll try and make the table "better" with some other information about each climb
As well as just completing the climbs and ticking them off you can compare your efforts against other people using the excellent Veloviewer "extension" sites - there's one for each book.
For the original site this link lets you compare yourself. Before today I was in 161st place and afterwards I was in 146th place overall out of 2183 - I am pretty pleased with this:
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| Before |
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| After |
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| Before |
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| After |
Overall - a pretty satisfying result
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