Britain's toughest hill climbs on a bike
Ahead of the 2023 National Hill Climb Championship this weekend, 2021 winner Tom Bell lists his favourite and most feared hill climb courses across the land, and tells us how to conquer themThere’s nothing else on planet bike quite like the annual, autumnal British National Hill Climb Championship and its torturous ways.
The main feature is the right turn about two thirds into the course, onto The Rake itself. This is a savagely steep road that slows riders down to a crawl, with its 11% average and 22% maximum gradient. While you will want to ride the main steep portion of the climb as fast as you can , it’s important to have a decent kick for the final dash to the line, since it flattens off a lot. Plenty of extra speed can be found if there’s a little bit of power left in reserve.
It rises out of Pateley Bridge and is both long and steep. It begins with a tough initial section and goes on to feature numerous ramps throughout, some which get up to 20%.
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