London's Toughest Hills

somewhere on this route, wherever it crosses the downs, that's where it is.

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Haslemere-to-Portsmouth

somewhere on this route, wherever it crosses the downs, that's where it is.

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Haslemere-to-Portsmouth

Bexley Hill nr Lickfold or Tower Hill nr South Harting?

From memory it's Duncton Hill on the A285, unless there's worse I've not experienced.

From memory it's Duncton Hill on the A285, unless there's worse I've not experienced.

Not on nimhboid's route though.

Looks decent enough (hey, it even has an official OS viewpoint!), but cuts diagonally across the contour lines and has no arrows :(

Nasty for an A road, that's for sure.

@ mike c - sorry to chip in on this a bit late, but that's a great route!

next time i'm up in muswell hill i'll join you on it. know most of those roads well.

ps - it's not london, but here's what i've been doing some mornings -

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/174437

Not on nimhboid's route though.

Looks decent enough (hey, it even has an official OS viewpoint!), but cuts diagonally across the contour lines and has no arrows :(

Nasty for an A road, that's for sure.

yeah, i'm not sure of the exact route i took, as i deviated a bit in the last 1/3 of the journey.

but, bad enough for me, on fixed.

I found the slight incline over a speed bump almost too much for me this morning. I had to dismount and walk it.

I was in my 12 for the first half.

You know I actually had 12 down and then changed it to 13 as 12 seemed unrealistic to me. I'm truly fucked in the head.

Call me a small girl if you like but I seem to find Brixton Hill - Towards Streatham a bitch but that is about 10 miles into a 12 mile commute after work.

It's not a hill in any way but heading all the way down the embankment from Canary Wharf to Fulham with the wind against you at the end of the day seems to make me try and breath through my arse too!

This reminds me, I have to eat my pre-home time nuts and raisins or risk running out of energy like last night!

Id have to say swains lane is the worst, trying to get up that hill every second day on a 44x17 takes alot outta me, but freewheeling down is kinda worth it.

Quote:
Originally Posted by edscoble
*so hard? that's barely a hill, it's more of a sloped road frankly.

Road from Wimbledon Station to Wimbledon Village - fucking steep if admittedly short.*

+1

went up there today, shorter than I thought it was but still nearly had a coronary

went up there today, shorter than I thought it was but still nearly had a coronary

so hard? that's barely a hill, it's more of a sloped road frankly.

Road from Wimbledon Station to Wimbledon Village - fucking steep if admittedly short.

In a Mick Dundee that aint a knife, THIS is a knife fashion

Try the hill from Southfields to Wimbledon Village, Church lane, the one that goes past the tennis club, did that last night, almost came to a stop several times.

Being a yorkshire lad (SHAME) I'd be inclined to agree. A hill isn't a real hill unless you die half way up it.

The missus is from N Yorks, dragged me up this fucker on cheap-arsed mountain bikes : Ingleby Incline

In a Mick Dundee that aint a knife, THIS is a knife fashion

Try the hill from Southfields to Wimbledon Village, Church lane, the one that goes past the tennis club, did that last night, almost came to a stop several times.

then you're either very unfit, or your gearing is way too high.

The missus is from N Yorks, dragged me up this fucker on cheap-arsed mountain bikes : Ingleby Incline

Looks like the climb out of Eynsford that a few of us will be tackling on Sunday ;0)

In a Mick Dundee that aint a knife, THIS is a knife fashion

Try the hill from Southfields to Wimbledon Village, Church lane, the one that goes past the tennis club, did that last night, almost came to a stop several times.

fuck yes, I forget about that, I cycled up there once, never again.

now the road from Putney (the main high street that have a very long slighty steep slope) to Wimbledon is a piece of piss compare to that.

Shooters Hill Slopes anyone ? I had a conversation with someone walking up on the pavement once

highgate hill is a bit bad....

My scooter wouldnt even get up highgate hill. !!

Did a few of the north london hills today and swains lane was the most challenging,though it's only short it's a fucker near the top as the surface is bumpy.The sight of the base of the transmitter is very welcome indeed.
That is all.

Well swains lane is pretty bad, but if you can get a rhythm its easier.
And yea the speed bumps and the road surface dont really help.

fuck yes, I forget about that, I cycled up there once, never again.

now the road from Putney (the main high street that have a very long slighty steep slope) to Wimbledon is a piece of piss compare to that.

HTFU!
been up most of the hills to the high point of wimbledon village as it's the way to richmond park from tootin, do it a couple of times a week. (72gi) if you think that's hard don't venture out into surrey or kent!

there's a hill on the way down to the bec hillclimb that i don't think is rideable up. went down it but went back a different way. it was SAF (steep as fook)

^tell me more...

about what? the hill?
it may be on the way to the other hill climb? the one in the afternoon on the same day?
it's down into a valley and up the other side which ends up at some radio masts then you cross the main road and the top of the hilclimb course is over on the left.
the SAF hill was very potholey near the bottom but i think it's fixed now as RPM and Johhny went that way to Rye?

Oh, I think I know the one you mean - the surface is pretty rubbish, and it's a crash hotspot on Dulwich Paragon rides. I nearly got wiped out by a car cutting the blindish bend at the bottom, although I was riding far too fast :O

I've done it in the big ring (going back up the steeper side), but clearly I only did it to show off, and I'm only recounting it for the same reason. I'm a complete failure in every other aspect of my life.

It's Hesiers Hill, but gets referred to as Beddlestead. Unless you mean somewhere else...

that's the one. i don't think i would like to try it fixed (72gi)
it looked like it would be a bit like the tower climb at leith on the ss, the hard part is not doing a wheelie instead of moving forwards.