Hill Climbs

fuck, i didnt know there is a hollingbourne hill comp. i only live down the road and ride it several times a week.

Its gonna be a wet ride down, a wet ride up, then a wet ride back, by the looks of it :-(

Yeah my target weight for this season was 79Kg down from 85Kg in late July. I managed to loose the weight with relatively little effort (I'm eating cake right now).

According to Google Jens Voigt is 6'2" and 76Kg*

I'm 6'1" and 79Kg... I'd be happy to be a tad lighter and even nearly as powerful

Yeah, but Jens is a professional roadie, so he's had years of conditioning/big miles to grow accustomed to being what is essentially underweight.

I'm 5'7", and even when I was 75kg, I won club hillclimbs. I've been 60kg, and although that's the kind of weight I'd be were I a pro roadie, it wasn't healthy for me as a club rider. It wasn't even big miles that got me to that weight; it was MDMA.

I'm 67kg now, and from recent experience, I reckon I could match the hillclimb times I did at 63kg - so 5% here or there doesn't really matter.

Yeah, I know your right. Let's just say that next season I'll have an increased power to weight ratio... and I'm still only aiming for top ten placings... and that's pretty ambitious.

If any non-affiliated riders want to have a go at hill climbing, you can ride the MDCC event next Sunday under the CTT "Come and Try It" dispensation. http://www.maidenheadcc.org.uk/node/496 Excellent value for money as you get 3 hills for your £2. You'll need to be at Marlow by about 10am. Last year's result http://www.maidenheadcc.org.uk/node/114 will give some indication of the duration of the effort.

I'm 5'7", and even when I was 75kg, I won club hillclimbs. I've been 60kg, and although that's the kind of weight I'd be were I a pro roadie, it wasn't healthy for me as a club rider. It wasn't even big miles that got me to that weight; it was MDMA.
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Proof the MDMA is good cycling.

and here's my snaps:
The last one is Calleva from this very forum... not that you can tell with my photography. I chose not to take a close up so that I could shout encouragement/abuse. It must have worked a bit because he sped up and couldn't stand up for at least 10 minutes after crossing the line.

It was more than ten minutes and I still feel a bit queasy now.

These skinny dudes with their effortless climbing technique make me sick, btw.

Proof the MDMA is good cycling.

you naughty boys.

I fucking love Tommy. No, I mean it, man. I really love him.

If any non-affiliated riders want to have a go at hill climbing, you can ride the MDCC event next Sunday under the CTT "Come and Try It" dispensation. http://www.maidenheadcc.org.uk/node/496 Excellent value for money as you get 3 hills for your £2. You'll need to be at Marlow by about 10am. Last year's result http://www.maidenheadcc.org.uk/node/114 will give some indication of the duration of the effort.

3 hills? Sick fscks.

3 hills? Sick fscks.

Yeah, we* do Marlow Bottom and Winter Hill as a warm up before tackling the scene of your epic victory.

*Technically "they" rather than "we" as the most I'll be doing is riding up to the steepest section to stand and take the piss.

Is that on this weekend?

Yeah, duh: http://www.maidenheadcc.org.uk/node/496

Quarry Wood Hill doesn't show up on Gmaps. :(

Burroughs Grove Hill?
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Burroughs+Grove+Hill&sll=51.309732,0.470032&sspn=0.086382,0.222988&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Burroughs+Grove+Hill,+Marlow,+Buckinghamshire+SL7+3RG,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.599547,-0.773292&spn=0.010729,0.027874&t=h&z=16

Quarry Wood Hill doesn't show up on Gmaps. :(

The road is actually Quarry Wood Rd, the hill is Winter Hill from the escarpment side.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Burroughs+Grove+Hill&sll=51.309732,0.470032&sspn=0.086382,0.222988&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Burroughs+Grove+Hill,+Marlow,+Buckinghamshire+SL7+3RG,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.599547,-0.773292&spn=0.010729,0.027874&t=h&z=16

I think I've ridden that (usually down). Isn't that where someone stacked it heading to Oxford on a forum ride?

Provisional result:
http://www.maidenheadcc.org.uk/node/500

Catford event:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/audioslideshow/2010/oct/11/catford-cycling-club-hill-climb-classic

http://www.kingstonwheelers.co.uk/news/2011/09/john-bornhoft-memorial-hill-climb/

Also coming up in two weeks, our usual 'three for the price of one' offer
http://www.maidenheadcc.org.uk/node/493

EOL again?

Ah, yes, right at the bottom

Ah, yes, right at the bottom

Yeah, we always make people pay at the bottom just in case they don't make it to the top :-)

Having done/watched enough of these now.. a very sensible policy!

help the bec hill climb https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/2015-bec-hill-climb#/story

Well the days of the most brilliant cake prices seem to be gone forever then. Thank you very much Olympic heritage.

This might need somebody with the political nous of the Herne Hill campaign to sort out?

Would ride to demonstrate at SCC but not going to throw money into their coffers. David Millar could step in for this year and auction his shoes?

for fans of hill climbs

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from http://traumfahrrad.com