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Tick off your uphill achievements on this UK cycling climbs scratch-off map

Actually ticking them off is so passé

Everyone loves a map. Everyone loves ticking off cycling achievements. So why not combine the two?

This A3 sized UK map features the designers’ selection of what they think constitutes the top 75 climbs in Britain.

Each of the climbs has a gold scratch-off coating, so when you’ve ridden the climb, you can scratch it off (and its scratched status can perhaps serve as a reminder never to visit that stretch of road again, depending how steep and unpleasant you found it).

Maps International also boast similar maps showing breweries and distilleries if you happen to develop a taste for this sort of thing.

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Exup | 6 years ago
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Looks like not the UK, but Britain only. I don't see any climbs in Northern Ireland.

Either there are none (?), or the manufacturer does not know that the the UK consists of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England.

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60kg lean keen ... | 6 years ago
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yes I can be fair and truthfull - yes I blew up on that steep bend and came to a halt - no way was I going to get back going and clip in so had to walk, but I have done Twtil road which was proper hard it is 30% at it steepest point and is longer so I am proud of that one!

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mikewood | 6 years ago
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It's officially one way, down only! There's a short part of it on a bend that is 40% and almost unrideable, a bit like riding up a staircase.

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madcarew | 6 years ago
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With the help of google we find the steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street in Dunedin. NZ. Perhaps these guys should stake a claim. (On a serious note I rather doubt it's 40%, few cars can make it up 40%)

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60kg lean keen ... | 6 years ago
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its in Hallech, Ffordd Pen Llech road, I have done it years ago but you have to be a bit naughty as it is now one way - down only! Twtil road climb is very steep too so you could just tick that one off the list as I think that is just as bonkers!

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rjfrussell | 6 years ago
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what's the 40% climb in west wales (left of the photo)?

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madcarew replied to rjfrussell | 6 years ago
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rjfrussell wrote:

what's the 40% climb in west wales (left of the photo)?

the side of Helvellyn?

(The steepest road in the world is allegedly 35% so it seems unlikely there's a 40%)

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60kg lean keen ... replied to madcarew | 6 years ago
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madcarew wrote:

rjfrussell wrote:

what's the 40% climb in west wales (left of the photo)?

the side of Helvellyn?

(The steepest road in the world is allegedly 35% so it seems unlikely there's a 40%)

 

Go to google street view, at the top there is a incline sign with 40% on it!  (Just above the castle)

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zanf replied to madcarew | 6 years ago
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madcarew wrote:
rjfrussell wrote:

what's the 40% climb in west wales (left of the photo)?

the side of Helvellyn?

(The steepest road in the world is allegedly 35% so it seems unlikely there's a 40%)

Helvellyn is in the Lakes, not Snowdonia!

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dottigirl | 6 years ago
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Ooh, apparently there's an audax version of this - heard about it this weekend. And want.

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Leviathan | 6 years ago
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Scratch and sniff the smell of Black Pudding!

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