CYCLING THE STRUGGLE HILL CLIMB 2023 FULL RECON RIDE REAL TIME - THE LAKE DISTRICT UK

[@marksimpson3035]

Love the nature & views on this climb Awesome ❤

[@simonthomas-lakedistrictvelo]

and the noise from todays hill climb championship efforts 🤙 Yes it's a beautiful place 😍

[@loydsa]

Simon, thank you for enduring the pain so the rest of us can see the "Struggle" 🙂

[@simonthomas-lakedistrictvelo]

My Pleasure 🙏 It really is a Struggle but worth it for the view and the achievement 👍 Another video out in 5 minutes!!

[@SwimBikeRunStu]

Now thats a hill 👌

[@simonthomas-lakedistrictvelo]

It's a cracker 🥵

[@cycliststrainingpartner8877]

Thanks for the upload

[@simonthomas-lakedistrictvelo]

Pleasure, hopefully useful to some if not abit tedious at a 22min pace 👍

[@CycletheNation]

See you there (not competing this time, just there to cheer everyone else) and good luck!

[@simonthomas-lakedistrictvelo]

BRING THE NOISE 📣 🤣

[@simonthomas-lakedistrictvelo]

Me neither!! Can't cover and ride, so taking my bike to do a pre or post event effort and see how I compare to the best 🤪

[@DanTuber]

What did you learn about it from doing the ride? It looks like two long climbs with a downhill section in the middle.

[@simonthomas-lakedistrictvelo]

So the first part (upto the downhill section) is constant and gruelling in parts with no time to back off due to the gradient then the main learning happens.. the downhill where my body said yes this is great and you relax but then the second climbing part happens! It's always been my worse part of the climb, the slope is so steep and it feels like it drags as the point of reference or the finish isn't in site until the last straight but the legs are now empty and you just want it to be over. On the flip side of what seems like a negative reply to your question,,, the view! On a good day its awesome and an achievement to ride especially if its midride just don't set off hard because its 'A Struggle'

[@DanTuber]

@@simonthomas-lakedistrictvelo What gearing do you have? On a lot of the videos I see guys with very small chain rings on the front. I wonder how they pedal on the downhill sections.