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Chinese bikes and components galore, 21mm tyres and rim brakes FTW: some of the most intriguing bikes and set-ups from the 2025 National Hill Climb Championships

It wasn't just weight savings on display at the soggy 2025 National Hill Climb Championships, as riders all the way up to the top step of the podium demonstrated that you don't always have to spend big to go very fast uphill

Mon, Oct 27, 2025 15:02

Harry MacFarlane wins RTTC National Hill Climb Championship 2025

All’s right with the hill-climbing world as British national championships won on rim brakes (despite Andrew Feather’s 5.4kg disc build); British pro runs super speedy 1:12 half marathon + more on the live blog

The clocks have gone back, leaves are falling and the hill climb season's reached its finale — Dan Alexander taking you into a new week on the live blog and promising not to waste too much time daydreaming about summer

Mon, Oct 27, 2025 09:07

“The craziest bike build you’ve never seen”: A 4.8kg hill-climbing dream, plus Met launches Pogačar’s Tour-winning lid, new stuff from Silca and Oakley + more

Loads to get through in our weekly tech round-up, including the defending British hill climb champ's incredible 4.8kg build and plenty of new stuff from Silca, Oakley, Meta, Vittoria, Rouvy and Met

Sat, Oct 25, 2025 11:00

Why I’m organising my first hill climb (and why I think grassroots racing needs more of us doing the same)

What were you doing at 21? Elliott Colyer tells us why he's spent his summer completing risk assessments, traffic counts and a mountain of logistical admin to get a mega new cycling event off the ground

Fri, Aug 22, 2025 09:08

Harry MacFarlane’s British hill climb championships bike, 2024

Rim brakes, pints of Guinness, and “F*** the UCI” frame graffiti: How to win the British hill climb championships (and prove rim brakes ain’t dead!); Mathieu van der Poel races rally driver – and wins; Ineos “in bits”, says Wiggins + more on the live blog

The clocks have gone back and it’s the start of a brand new, slightly more wintery week on the live blog, and Ryan Mallon’s here with all the latest cycling news, views, and nonsense before it starts to get dark

Mon, Oct 28, 2024 10:17

Steepest cycling climbs lead image (images Steve Thomas and Richard Peploe

The steepest and hardest cycling climbs in the world — fearsome road gradients to put on your bike trip bucket list

If you really want to test yourself on the bike, luckily there are countless horrifying hills on the planet that would have even the hardiest climbers begging for an extra gear

Wed, Jan 10, 2024 15:40

Britain’s toughest hill climbs, according to a former National Hill Climb Championship-winning cyclist

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 them

Fri, Oct 27, 2023 14:45

Rim brakes really are dead! Here’s why the British National Hill Climb champion has switched to disc brakes

Successfully defending his National Hill Climb title, we take a closer look at Andrew Feather's (disc brake-equipped) Cannondale SuperSix Evo LAB71

Fri, Oct 13, 2023 13:44

2023 HUNT Hill Climb SL Disc lead image.JPG

Hunt launches new Hill Climb SL Disc wheelset that weighs just 963g

Yep that's for the pair, and we weighed our test wheels at just 950g! Hunt has revived its Hill Climb SL wheels for disc brake bikes ahead of the hill climb season, and they might be the lightest disc brake wheels on the market

Fri, Aug 18, 2023 14:00

Bithja Jones at Holybourne Hill Climb 2021

The hill we are climbing: Why I’m defending my National Hill Climb Championship title in the colours of the Suffragettes

Bithja Jones is aiming to win her third UK National Hill Climb Championship title on the bounce in North Wales today. Here's why the event means so much to her

Sun, Oct 30, 2022 09:59