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simon Warren books 100 hundred hills

just like to say i am over the moon with these two books, wife bought me the first at xmas, 2nd last week .... completed 6 hills this year in Walse , Brighton and gloucestershire....... and they are hills...... 4 in first book and 2 in 2nd..... the pictures are so real.... thank you Simon and Wife ... next hills are around Leyburn between Lake district and the yorkshire dales rgds Ade

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Jim Thomas | 8 years ago
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The author is kind about a lot of hills. For example, the three in Surrey: Box Hill, White Down Lane and Coldharbour/Leith Hill are pimples compared to Hardknott etc.

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pj | 8 years ago
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My book about hill climbs is also out now; available from cordee (in stock) or amazon (in stock, although it says it isn't) or other booksellers.

http://www.cordee.co.uk/A-Corinthian-Endeavour-det-0-0-0-12238.html?sear...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corinthian-Endeavour-Story-National-Championship...

Tejvan's view here:

http://cyclinguphill.com/a-corinthian-endeavour/

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Simon E replied to pj | 8 years ago
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pj wrote:

My book about hill climbs is also out now; available from cordee (in stock) or amazon (in stock, although it says it isn't) or other booksellers.

Will be requesting a copy for my birthday in August. Knowing your writing style PJ, I'm sure it will be a real pleasure to read.  16

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CXR94Di2 | 8 years ago
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Alpine hills make UK ones short in comparison, plus the right gearing helps. No point grinding at 50rpm  4

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fukawitribe replied to CXR94Di2 | 8 years ago
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CXR94Di2 wrote:

Alpine hills make UK ones short in comparison, plus the right gearing helps. No point grinding at 50rpm  4

Speaking of which, how's the mega-cassette going ? I may be looking at doing something like that in the future unless Miche start doing a 34T or 36T  1

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CXR94Di2 replied to fukawitribe | 8 years ago
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fukawitribe wrote:
CXR94Di2 wrote:

Alpine hills make UK ones short in comparison, plus the right gearing helps. No point grinding at 50rpm  4

Speaking of which, how's the mega-cassette going ? I may be looking at doing something like that in the future unless Miche start doing a 34T or 36T  1

I really like it, waiting for a local engineering firm to make me copies

I have been training on hills of various types, from huge alpine to short steep hills to improve my conditioning, then the other day, I did a 10mile time trial with it and averaged 25mph. So it can do it all if needed, spin up 40% hills or speed work. I still prefer a close ratio cassette for flat courses, so much easier to keep in my power band.

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S13SFC | 8 years ago
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This two are hard, both in Shropshire around/on the Long Mynd.

http://shrophills.blogspot.co.uk/p/asterton-bank-long-mynd.html

http://shrophills.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-burway_10.html

If you want 9 mins of pain, and it is pain, then you must do this.

http://www.strava.com/segments/635194

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CXR94Di2 | 8 years ago
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Keep these hill names coming, I'll just search for the file and cycle it on my Kickr  1 Hardknott is a stiff climb but shortish in duration. By far the hardest hill I have tried is Ventoux, for shear relentless climbing. The Zoncalon is the steepest with 40+% sections.

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700c replied to CXR94Di2 | 8 years ago
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CXR94Di2 wrote:

Hardknott is a stiff climb but shortish in duration.

hmm - didn't seem that short to me when i attempted it, but then i'd sooner go for a longer climb with ramps that stay below 30% than a 'shorter' one like Hardknott.

But the biggest problem with that one is the descent the other side - horrible!

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Simon E | 8 years ago
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You might be interested in this fellow's account of doing all 100:
http://100hillsforgeorge.blogspot.co.uk/

Tejvan has a handy list of the climbs in both books plus some useful links in this article:
http://cyclinguphill.com/100-climbs/

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bronco017 | 8 years ago
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Enjoy the hills in the Yorkshire Dales...some nasty ones. Park Rash near Kettlewell being particularly nasty!!

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Yorkshie Whippet replied to bronco017 | 8 years ago
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bronco017 wrote:

Enjoy the hills in the Yorkshire Dales...some nasty ones. Park Rash near Kettlewell being particularly nasty!!

Park Rash is not a hill, it's a torture device!

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captain_slog | 8 years ago
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The hills! The hills!

That's what it's all about. Went up Whitedown yesterday (8/10), and one of my proudest moments on a bike was getting up Bushcombe Lane near Cheltenham (10/10). One day, after long meditation has brought me to an appropriate level of Zen mastery, I intend to attempt Bealach na Ba (11/10).

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