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  • 1200 feet of climbing on the SSUK courrse – there’s not is there?
  • allankelly
    Full Member

    It says here:
    http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ssuk09-course
    that there’s 1200 feet of climbing on the SSUK course – there’s not is there?

    In comparison, Innerleithen is about 500m vertical from carpark to Minch Moor, that’s 1640 feet over about 7 miles – and that’s fairly epic.

    Some of the SSUK massive may not be able to take that on… here’s a top athlete from last year.

    😉

    Cheers, al.

    Posted 14 years ago
    epicyclo
    Full Member

    Hey, he was faster than me….

    Posted 14 years ago
    longweight
    Free Member

    MTFU

    Posted 14 years ago
    miketually
    Free Member

    50km on the Hamsterley fire roads gets you about 3600 feet of climbing, which is the same as 1000′ over 14km, so 1200′ sounds about right.

    Posted 14 years ago
    TandemJeremy
    Free Member

    I wouldn’t call the innerleithan climb epic. Just a bit of a slog

    Posted 14 years ago
    Big-Pete
    Free Member

    Top of Inners ss is a bloomin long walk for the novice portly athlete

    Posted 14 years ago
    DaveGr
    Free Member

    If you get to a steep bit don’t you just shift to a lower gear?

    Oh I forgot, you can’t 😀

    Posted 14 years ago
    grumm
    Free Member

    If you are worried about the climbs, I’ve heard of this crazy new-fangled invention…

    Posted 14 years ago
    Smee
    Free Member

    Height gain from car park to Minch Moor is closer to 400m. You wouldn’t want to do that three times on a ss bike.

    Posted 14 years ago
    Raouligan
    Free Member

    It’s a race with bikes with one gear, er isn’t that by definition supposed to hurt, is suffering not actually what racing is about….?

    TTFU

    Posted 14 years ago
    Keva
    Free Member

    whites level at Afan is 17km with 550m of climbing and plenty of people do that on a singlespeed don’t they ?

    anyways there is obviously plenty of flat sections and downhill sections which everyone knows gives ther rider a rest on a singlespeed bike ’cause there is nowt to push against when pedalling a 2:1 or less on the flat. That only leaves three hills to climb up. Can’t be that hard can it ?

    Kev

    Posted 14 years ago
    stevemcnalls
    Free Member

    Agree that Inners is a bit of a slog on a SS – but to do it 3 times in a row on an SS (including compulsory beer) now we’re getting towards epic.

    Posted 14 years ago
    chopperT
    Free Member

    Singlespeeders in “Hills are Hard” shocker.

    Posted 14 years ago
    miketually
    Free Member

    Singlespeeders in “Hills are Hard” shocker.

    It’s just psychological warfare – the opposite of smack talk. The people making the most noise about it being hard and not really racing are the ones that’ll be tucked up in bed with earplugs in at 9pm on Saturday so they can get up to warm up on rollers before the race on Sunday.

    😉

    Posted 14 years ago
    thomthumb
    Free Member

    MTFU

    sats the man who sold his SS after one ride! 😯

    Posted 14 years ago
    Dave
    Free Member

    It’s a race with bikes with one gear, er isn’t that by definition supposed to hurt, is suffering not actually what racing is about….?

    TTFU

    Irony alert!

    Posted 14 years ago
    igm
    Full Member

    [/quote]DaveGr – Member
    If you get to a steep bit don’t you just shift to a lower gear?

    Oh I forgot, you can’t [/unquote]

    I swapped to a lower gear last night…

    Posted 14 years ago
    Pook
    Full Member

    is he a massive man, or is he on a tiny bike?

    :O

    Posted 14 years ago
    father
    Free Member

    Top Athlete indeed, That’s me

    See you Saturday. I’ve not got any better, just older!

    Definitely in contention for the DFL trophy.

    And no, the bike isn’t particularly little.

    Posted 14 years ago
    father
    Free Member

    Aren’t hills for meant for walking?

    Posted 14 years ago
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