![Lairig Nan Lunn Road - Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of Scotland [Medium / Hard]](/img/o.gif)
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@dianecliff2776 4 күн бұрын
Well Done 👍😁🚲
@WheelygoodCycling 2 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@gazcliff 5 күн бұрын
Fine job sir easy one for you
@WheelygoodCycling 4 күн бұрын
Cheers! Yeah, not so bad, this one!
@adsteventon 7 күн бұрын
This is basically the climb back to my house. The super steep bit that goes right/left about half way up is just pure pain
@WheelygoodCycling 6 күн бұрын
Wow, that must mean any bike ride from home is a bit tricky at the very end!
@CKNZ161 7 күн бұрын
This is where I grew up. I rode up that hill a few times when I was still at school. This would have been the late 80s and the bikes were a Raleigh road bike and a large mountain bike, the brand of which I can't quite remember. The first few times were a failure as I had to stop at the steepest part in the middle which is like a three or four metre ramp. After a while I managed to do the whole climb in one go. Doing this eventually lost its sense of achievement and when I left school and discovered college, girls, partying, alcohol and weed, it was replaced altogether.
@WheelygoodCycling 6 күн бұрын
🤣 Chapeau for sticking with it until you could do it in a oner, especially on those old Raleigh racers and their non-hillclimbing gears, and I really can't blame you for moving on to other things as, in fairness, it's only those of us on left field who persist into middle age!
@CKNZ161 6 күн бұрын
@WheelygoodCycling Been watching a few of your videos now and will try and get back to it and do a few climbs in Wales. There are a few streets in the Blackwood and Newbridge area that look hellish. Locally there's also "The Bastard Hills of North Bristol" challenge.
@sloopjonb42 Күн бұрын
@ Missed your reply - sorry! Go for it! Do you have the route for the Bastard Hills ride? It sounds like something I think I’d like to ride next time I’m in the area?
@andropov21 12 күн бұрын
Road should probably have been in inverted commas here.😂
@WheelygoodCycling 12 күн бұрын
Yeah, it probably should! It sums up the whole experience of the climb pretty well: it's a pain to get there on tiny little roads where the farmers really aren't expecting any other traffic, a pain to ride and a pain to get back!
@billpickle2875 19 күн бұрын
I can't believe this channel only has 500 odd subs. U deserve more sir
@WheelygoodCycling 18 күн бұрын
Cheers - appreciated! I'll admit that I do struggle with that whole self-promotion thing...
@gazcliff 19 күн бұрын
Fine job sir one I could manage 😂
@WheelygoodCycling 18 күн бұрын
Cheers! Definitely not one of the tougher ones!
@dianecliff2776 25 күн бұрын
Great job horrible weather 👍🚲😁
@WheelygoodCycling 25 күн бұрын
Cheers! It was the coldest I’d been for a while!
@PinarelloVelo 25 күн бұрын
I did this one last year in identical conditions, pretty grim 😄😄
@WheelygoodCycling 25 күн бұрын
The worst bit was my wet feet on the way back down. Talk about blocks of ice…
@gazcliff 26 күн бұрын
Fine job sir awful weather 😂
@WheelygoodCycling 25 күн бұрын
Cheers - it was quite grim, although not as grim as the Parkrun I’d done earlier in the morning…
@nkbish0p Ай бұрын
Not sure how that made it into the books to be honest... Not a climb for a road bike. "the corkscrew" was pushing it but this is something else... Same route back down?
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
I wonder if he might have been running out of climbs to make up the 100 for the X-List; Old Kilpatrick Hill is just a … rocky path, Afon Ddu has a surface which looks like it’s been laid for tracked vehicles. Even Bamford Clough is, IIRC, a tarmaced BOAT. This one, though, just felt like a short cobbled berg to nowhere so I had to walk back down most of it…
@CKNZ161 Ай бұрын
Clovelly's main street in the centre of the village had a system of sleds and rope pulleys to hoist things up via the street (presumably from the harbour), in order to give an ide as to what this possibly marginally less steep harbour road is like.
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
Thanks for the info; I had no idea and, now that it’s been pointed out, it makes complete sense for the area. I’m hoping to make it back down to the South West later in the year so I’ll see if I can pick off any more climbs in the area…
@CKNZ161 Ай бұрын
@@WheelygoodCycling I see you have done Vale Street near me and done it the proper way: from the bottom of Park Street. I have only managed to climb it starting from the bottom of Vale Street itself. There are two lesser known car free paved pathways that run from Crews Hole Road to Beaufort Road in St George. Lamb Hill and Strawberry Lane. They are (in my limited experience) worse.
@dianecliff2776 Ай бұрын
Wow that was tricky more suitable for mountain bike well done 👍 our cat Mavis was sat watching entrigued 😸🚲😁
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
Hi Mavis! 🙋🏻 Cheers and, yes, it was very much an off-road experience. A mountain bike is probably the right choice, with a gravel or cyclo-cross bike a close second, although I reckon you could make it on a road bike in the dry if you fully committed to it.
@caswells Ай бұрын
I really didn’t like this one. My newly brought GP 5000 tyres didn’t after either 🙈 this and the corkscrew I just decided to walk most.
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
You and me both, I think - and on the Corkscrew too. Old Kilpatrick Hill is in the same category...your GP5000s may struggle to forgive you for this one as it's rather longer than the Corkscrew or Waltonberg...
@htukmumfie Ай бұрын
I can’t wait to see some 8k s5’s go up there😂
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
🤣. It would make for excellent spectator sport - I'd even consider paying to watch...
@gazcliff Ай бұрын
Holy poo matey that was nasty mountain bike next time 😂
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
Yes, and remind me to only go in the summer after a dry spell ... assuming we ever get one of those ... 🌧️🌧️
@gazcliff Ай бұрын
Fine job sir Merry Christmas and a Hilly new year 😂
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
Cheers - and to you too!
@dianecliff2776 Ай бұрын
Well done, Happy Christmas and many more hill climbs in 2025🎄👍😁🚴
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
Thanks @dianecliff2776! Happy holidays to you and your family, and all the best for your cycling adventures next year! 🚵♂️🚵♂️
@gazcliff Ай бұрын
Fine job sir loving the name 😂
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
It may not surprise you to know that coming up with a description for this one wasn't too tricky... 😉
@dianecliff2776 Ай бұрын
😂😆Where do you find these names lol 👍🚲🎄
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
This one, apparently, comes from 'Clappers' meaning 'land with rabbit burrows', at least according to Simon Warren' book...
@gazcliff Ай бұрын
Another fine job sir 👍
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
Cheers! Bit of a drag, this one...
@dianecliff2776 Ай бұрын
Well done another tricky one 👍🚲💯
@WheelygoodCycling Ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@gazcliff 2 ай бұрын
Awesome job sir that last part looked a bugger 😂
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Cheers and, yes, it was! Beautiful, beautiful, area of the country to puff and pant your way up the hill, though, which makes it feel a bit more worthwhile when you do get to the top!
@tomwalsh6774 2 ай бұрын
Great effort! If you keep on going, you come to Pym Chair about 5 mins down the road, thats much tougher than Blaze Hill.
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Yes, I remember riding the area and I did Pym's Chair (and The Corkscrew) on the same day. Pym's Chair is harder (their video is here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKfVaoWbms5lmqc and the spelling is due to me replicating the mistake in the Simon Warren book/app). The Corkscrew is just madness...
@tomwalsh6774 2 ай бұрын
Someone needs to tell the guy in Orange we ride on the left hand side of the road in this country!
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
🤣
@gazcliff 2 ай бұрын
Another fine job sir 👍
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@dianecliff2776 2 ай бұрын
Abergavenny 👍🚲😸
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Somewhere you're familiar with?
@dianecliff2776 2 ай бұрын
@WheelygoodCycling No not really just new it was Abergavenny 🤣👍
@tobleramone 2 ай бұрын
@@dianecliff2776 More Hay-on-Wye
@dianecliff2776 2 ай бұрын
That was a tricky one , miserable weather 😊🚲💯
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
It was a scruffy day and I was fairly soggy by the time I got back to the car...
@gazcliff 2 ай бұрын
Awesome job matey no way is that an easy 😅😂
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Cheers! The climb really isn't all that bad; it drags on a bit, but it never feels properly hard...
@duncanhawthorne4381 2 ай бұрын
Did this yesterday for the first time, rest of the group waited at the top for me lol, great ride back down the other side.
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Chapeau! Dare I ask how you found it?
@duncanhawthorne4381 2 ай бұрын
@WheelygoodCycling it was tough no doubt, no stopping. Strava segment said 11mins. Started in Scorton, Sabden was pretty much the turning point back for the ride.
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Proper effort for making it up without putting a foot down and that’s a very decent time for it! Did you get the same feeling I did at the bottom of putting in effort, but that the top just wasn’t getting any closer?
@duncanhawthorne4381 2 ай бұрын
@@WheelygoodCycling Probably much like yourself first time going up, with the steep bit at the beginning, I thought it was finishing as it flattened off a bit.. then you see the peak haha.
@stagssix9504 2 ай бұрын
Nice climb. Did you do this one with the tougher bealach feith nan laogh? Is that video out?
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Cheers! Yes, I did Bealach Feith Nan Laogh on the same day and the video is coming soon…
@dianecliff2776 2 ай бұрын
Well done another great climb 🚲💯😸
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Thank you! Are you managing to get out on the bike at all, or is the weather a bit scruffy for that?
@dianecliff2776 2 ай бұрын
@WheelygoodCycling managing to get out but not as much as I would like, I'm not a fair weather cyclist 👍😁🚲
@roastipops3 2 ай бұрын
Hi Simon what camera do you use. And how do you get the info like speed elevation on the screen.
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Hi, I'm using a GoPro 10 Black mounted under the handlebars for the footage and I use a piece of software called Telemetry Overlay to put the data onto the video.
@roastipops3 2 ай бұрын
@ thanks for the quick reply. I’m new to cycling I’m looking at getting an action camera
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
No probs! Practically, the GoPro works really well for me, but I did end up binning my previous one (a Black 8), because it would just freeze video recordings randomly once it got beyond about 3 years old. I bought another because the footage was great (when it worked) and there had been sought improvements in the newer ones that it was worth a second shot and, tough wood, I’ve not had any bother with the newer one. I’ve seen good sports footage from the Insta360s too, if that’s of use, although I’ve never tried one…
@gazcliff 2 ай бұрын
Another fine job sir 👍
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Cheers!
@ernestbennett9718 2 ай бұрын
Very well done, especially over the difficult cobbled area! 😊
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@mountaingoat3012 2 ай бұрын
WOW. I would have to be 15kg lighter and need a dry summer day in Wales and I still don't think I would avoid a foot down at various points. Savage gradients, sustained length, and awful surface. Kudos for getting to the top with your bike.
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Agreed! Having had two goes at this now, where the Rule 5 pills haven't worked, I do wonder whether what I actually need is a motor... 🤔🤣
@dianecliff2776 2 ай бұрын
Didn't look to difficult 😊💯🚲
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
It's true, it wasn't too bad. There are a few more not-so-tough climbs on the way ..
@gazcliff 2 ай бұрын
Fine job sir I could possibly manage that one 😂
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Cheers! You’d be absolutely fine!
@keithporter9822 3 ай бұрын
That is incredible footage! How on earth you managed to add any commentary while climbing it I'll never know.... So interesting with all the running data too. I can only take my hat off to you - & thank you so much for posting. I'll need a few days rest before watching it again....let alone ever cycling it again....
@WheelygoodCycling 2 ай бұрын
Thank you, you’re very kind! Chapeau to you for riding it yourself - it’s a tough piece of tarmac; not as vicious as Hardknott, but the long ramp in the middle does feel like it lasts for a looong time which just wears you down before that push to the top…
@dianecliff2776 3 ай бұрын
Well Done, difficult on cobbles 👍🚲💯 need to do more hill climbs my bike more aero thats my excuse 😅😁
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
Thank you! Aero as an excuse for avoiding hills? Nice try! 🤣. Seriously, though, so long as you're out being active and enjoying yourself, just go have fun doing what you want to do. I like riding up hills (don't know if you can tell), but that doesn't mean everyone has to (although, of course, they really, absolutely and totally should 😉)...
@gazcliff 3 ай бұрын
Another fine job sir 👍
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
Cheers! Short 'n sharp...
@mountaingoat3012 3 ай бұрын
Filling me with dread
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
You'll be absolutely fine! Steady away at the bottom for this one: the lower slopes are OK, so take it steady so you've got something for the ramp up to the hairpin. Once you're past that, the worst is over and you'll make it to the top...
@mountaingoat3012 3 ай бұрын
Tackling this and other Halifax cobbled brutes this Weds. NOT looking forward to this one. I’m fearing a dismount near the top.
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
The best advice I can give is to keep your powder dry until the cobbles start. After that, just do what you need to do to keep moving! The first time I rode it, I used the little housing estate on the left half way up the cobbled: I just turned in and out again for a few seconds respite, which made a big difference at the time...
@Dani-El. 3 ай бұрын
Is that an E-bike? It sounded like a motor slowing down at the end. I did this hill the other day on an XC mountain bike, hoping it would be easier than Grains Road (the other option from Delph to the top of the same hill). Not sure which is easiest tbh.
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
It's not an e-bike; I don't own one. The most likely culprit of the noise is the Mavic wheels on one of my bikes which have a machined surface on the rims that makes a sort of whistling noise noise when you apply the brakes. I'm not familiar with Grains Road (at least not by name), but appreciate the heads-up and will pop it on my list for when I try to pick off the climbs only the locals know about...
@Dani-El. 3 ай бұрын
@@WheelygoodCycling Grains Road is at the same junction as Knott Hill, and ends up at the same place at the top of the hill, so the two roads are almost parallel. If anything, Knott Hill is more of a local people road, as Grains Road has much more traffic.
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info; it'll help me pin it down!
@PinarelloVelo 3 ай бұрын
Ticked it off yesterday, my 72nd from the various app lists. Really really tough especially that final bend where the surface is basically destroyed😫 Hell of a feeling at the top once it was conquered though😁
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
Chapeau! The road surface is ... poor ... up there. I keep wondering how they manage to get the risk assessment through for the Hillclimb they run on it every year...
@htukmumfie 3 ай бұрын
Looks a great climb for hill reps 4by 6 mins or whatever👍
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
I hadn’t thought of it like that, but, yes, it would. You’d have to concentrate to keep up the effort in the middle section as it really does feel much flatter. It would also be a decent hill for an Everesting…
@dianecliff2776 3 ай бұрын
So what's the reason behind the name Devil's Elbow 😈😁🚲👍well done by the way 😂
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
Thank you! I looked this up and, apparently, the original road has a really horribly steep, tight, hairpin bend on it which, due to it's severity was named the Devil's Elbow. I have to admit that I spent my time riding up thinking of either fiddler's elbow or Charlie Daniels 'The Devil Went Down To Georgia'... 🤔
@dianecliff2776 3 ай бұрын
@@WheelygoodCycling 😂😁👍
@PinarelloVelo 3 ай бұрын
Yep, that one stung😵💫🤣 Managed to get it ticked off this lunchtime, that constant raising of gradient as you climb is punishing!
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
Good effort! Yeah, that wall later on is a proper challenge...it did feel harder than I'd expected and I'm not sure quite why...
@gazcliff 3 ай бұрын
Excellent job sir little bit misty 🤣
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
Cheers! It wasn’t a great day, weather wise; Gospel Pass was pretty miserable early on…
@ernestbennett9718 3 ай бұрын
Well done Jon, especially in such awful conditions!
@dianecliff2776 3 ай бұрын
Horrible weather, but well done 👍🚲💯
@WheelygoodCycling 3 ай бұрын
It was properly cold at the top and I didn't warm up again until I'd sat in the car for a bit with the heater on full!