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  • winston:Highgate West Hill is nothing compared to Swains Lane which dissects the cemetry....try that on a fixed....I've done it on 74.....slowly. maybe you should try that one Thursday as an alternative route?

    No-one showed up at the foot of Highgate West by 6.30pm, so I had to head home. Went up Swains Lane instead - used to be one of my hillclimb training routes. There's still an annoying pile of builder/roadworks stuff just where the road narrows on the steep one-way section that was there at the end of last summer. What gives?

    Agreed though - definitely N. London's steepest paved section, but quite short.

    Muswell Hill's tougher than Highgate West - bit shorter, but steeper average grade. Plus it's got a bus lane all the way up and no speed bumps, so great for hassle-free training.

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