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Riding Alpe D’Huez

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  • April 30, 2013 at 11:58 am #18642
    farrell

    I’m assuming that a few people on here will have ridden this climb so I was wondering if there was anything comparable over here, preferably up in the North-West/Peaks sort of area.

    I am aware that there won’t be anything that matches it in terms of height/hairpins but are there any climbs you could say “It’s like doing the Wizard in Alderley Edge 15 times” or Its like doing Lonh Hill 10 times”?

    I’m just trying to get a picture in my head about it.

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  • April 30, 2013 at 3:25 pm #731201
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    chiv30

    YorkshireMike wrote:chiv30

    YorkshireMike wrote:
    chiv30 wrote:
    3 words
    IT WILL HURT! 👿

    I tried practising in s Wales taking in the rhigos and bwlch but nothing on these shores will prepare you for your first alpine climb , especially if it’s the alpe!

    Great Dun is about half of Alpe D’Huez I think and a similar incline. Obviously you won’t be able to replicate altitude though!

    The altitude you def can’t replicate , as for being a similar incline and half the length , it may give you an idea but until you have to cycle that 16 km at an avg 7.something% gradient with the only respite being the hairpins where they almost level out I still think there is nothing on these shores that comes close.

    All I can recommend to the op is take the first 2km easy as these are the steepest and it’s this point you are more likely to go off too hot ,
    Again IT WILL HURT !

    April 30, 2013 at 2:53 pm #731199
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    andyp

    ‘it’s probably impossible to
    ‘it’s probably impossible to replicate the AdH intensity in the UK’

    it’s very easy to replicate the intensity and the effort required. Just not the hill itself….

    April 30, 2013 at 1:09 pm #731197
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    putmebackonmybike

    If you do the final one mile
    If you do the final one mile of climbing up Winter Hill, from Rivington over towards Belmont direction, 8 times, you’ll have done Alpe d’Huez climb distance [about 8 miles] and roughly half the ascent [about 2,500ft].

    Or, another way, do it 16 times, and you’ll have done the right ascent, but twice the distance.

    Of course, the one mile descent/recovery is way more generous than a hairpin breather!

    Basically: it’s probably impossible to replicate the AdH intensity in the UK. But doing this sort of thing I’m sure helped me with my Marmotte ride. Put 16 stones in your pocket and throw one out each time you get to the top. You will lose count after a while!

    April 30, 2013 at 12:53 pm #731195
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    YorkshireMike

    chiv30 wrote:3 words
    IT WILL

    chiv30 wrote:
    3 words
    IT WILL HURT! 👿

    I tried practising in s Wales taking in the rhigos and bwlch but nothing on these shores will prepare you for your first alpine climb , especially if it’s the alpe!

    Great Dun is about half of Alpe D’Huez I think and a similar incline. Obviously you won’t be able to replicate altitude though!

    April 30, 2013 at 12:49 pm #731193
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    chiv30

    3 words
    IT WILL HURT!
    I
    3 words
    IT WILL HURT! 👿

    I tried practising in s Wales taking in the rhigos and bwlch but nothing on these shores will prepare you for your first alpine climb , especially if it’s the alpe!

    April 30, 2013 at 12:45 pm #731191
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    YorkshireMike

    Great Dun Fell is the nearest
    Great Dun Fell is the nearest thing you will find around the NW. Traffic-free and smooth tarmac. Glorious.

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