00:00Oh
00:30I
00:32Don't think 38 28 is the right gearing for this
00:37That was insane
00:44Good morning everyone, and it is very much morning
00:47Just gone four o'clock actually to be precise
00:49And today you join me in the heart of Matlock at the south of the Peak District because I'm taking on a bit of a crazy challenge today
00:55I am going to try and ride off as many of the top 100 climbs in the UK from Simon Warren's top 100 climbs book
01:01As I can from sunrise to sunset now at the moment. It is still pre sunrise
01:06So we've got a bit of time
01:08We're going to be driving from climb to climb to getting as many as we can over the day and
01:12Yeah, we're gonna head over to riba lane riba road riba climb and get that one off first
01:17Which is a pretty brutal one to start the day, but yeah, I think I need a bit of caffeine and then I'll be good to go
01:25Oh
01:28Right we're at the bottom now
01:30I'm gonna roll down to the bottom so make sure I get the full segment because that is absolutely key and then we'll give it the beans
01:35Let's go
01:39I think the key thing here is gonna be to make sure I pace myself because
01:43I think it could be very easy to go too hard too soon
01:55Oh
01:57Number one done over to bank and let's get on with number two. Here we go
02:03Number two of the day. Let's have it
02:05So that's bank road done. I actually think that was harder than riba
02:15I think it's because also I did riba and then I have to do bank pretty much straight away
02:18But it's number two done. We've got a little bit of a drive now out into the country where we've got some longer climbs
02:24Let's go on with it
02:26All right, so that's three climbs down so we've just done slack lane
02:38That's taken us about an hour and 15 minutes
02:42To get three done so not too bad going
02:46We're gonna head over to the fourth now, but if we're gonna get 20 plus climbs in today's it's gonna be a long long day
02:56Climb number four started off easily enough, but it wasn't long until I was gurning my way up its 20% ramps
03:02It was at that point that I realized my easiest gear of 38 28 was probably going to cause me some issues throughout the day
03:11Oh, well, there we go. That was how was was it fun? It was torture, but
03:18That's not bad is it
03:20On to the next one I
03:22I
03:24Think I'll roll into this one again. I think that's the key rolling into it
03:28See how far we can get up on a bit of momentum
03:39That one is yes
03:41It was consistent actually
03:43It was consistent. It was just consistently steep
03:47consistently painful and
03:49I've forgotten which number this one is but um onto monsel head
03:58Okay, monsel head
04:00This is quite a short little kicker. I can already see the top from here. So
04:05We'll see how we go
04:07Right, so we've just left monsel head
04:20Actually wasn't too bad after monsel head
04:22We had one of the longest transfers of the day with a good hour-long drive heading west over to Swiss Hill
04:28Which would then allow us to eventually head back east over the cat and fiddle it had taken nearly four hours to do the first five climb
04:36So we really needed to press on if we were to hit at least 20 by the end of the day
04:43So we've come to Swiss Hill I thought this was gonna be an easy one to tip off
04:46But I didn't realize it was a cobbled climb
04:49This one's gonna be intense
04:51Time now about 10 o'clock. I've been trying to hold off on the caffeine, but needs must so
05:11Gonna do cat and fiddle now, so it's a bit of a long one and hopefully this will give me the beans
05:21Oh
05:24I've said it this entire video, but
05:27The views around here are great
05:32Here we go, here's the end
05:35Just need to wait for the segments handle my Garmin
05:40There it is we've made it
05:46All right, so that is the cat and fiddle done and dusted now on to Pym chair
05:50So we can start heading right back into the peak district
06:20I
06:22Don't think 38 28 is the right gearing for this
06:27I was insane
06:32I felt pretty broken at the top of Pym chair
06:35I think the early start time and the stop start nature of the ride was starting to get to me
06:40Fortunately climb number 11 axe edge was longer and a more mellow one
06:45So it gave me a good chance to spin my legs rather than grinding out of the saddle at 50 rpm
06:59So ladies and gents welcome to climb number 11 of the day
07:01This is peaslose
07:04And it's about a mile long
07:06At 10%
07:08So it's pretty stable
07:10But yeah legs are starting to feel it a bit now
07:13And I am keen for some lunch
07:16I'll tell you what
07:17These climbs are absolutely brilliant
07:24We're at the bottom of Willits Pass
07:26Just had a bit of lunch
07:27It's quite busy today and you can see there's a fair bit of traffic
07:30And then we're going to do Mamnik after that
07:42No easy way of putting that but that was really really tough
07:45Mamnik next
07:47That'll be climb number 13 I think
07:49And I'm led to believe that it is a little bit easier
07:52So that's always good
07:54But yeah when it's passed I mean absolutely beautiful
07:57But yeah pretty unrelenting
08:00Definitely wasn't as bad as when it's passed
08:13I could definitely keep a higher cadence on this one
08:17But doing them back to back was
08:21See that's what you need to be in
08:30All right guys I've taken a little break here on the back of the camera car
08:32Just to get a quick breather
08:34Let my legs rest because that was a brutal climb
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10:23Now tea break over
10:25It's time to get back on the bike and take on some more climbs
10:32So here we are at Burbage Mall
10:342.2 miles long so it's a bit of a long one
10:36Averages out at 7%
10:39And that is because the beginning is flattish
10:42And then it really starts to ramp up
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11:15Climb number 15, Judenbank was another tough one with 20% gradients at the bottom
11:21After that we had a longer drive north to hit P-Royd Lane
11:24Which has been used numerous times for the National Hill Climb Championships
11:32Oh I can't hack it anymore
11:58P-Royd Lane truly broke me
12:06I ended up having to stop halfway up the climb
12:09And it was well into the evening by now
12:11At this point I realised I probably wouldn't make the magic 20 climbs
12:16But if we could get to 18 I'd be happy
12:19Oh I'm just so tired
12:22That was really tough
12:28Giving up on 20 climbs did mean I was more free to enjoy the final two
12:33Jackson Bridge and Home Moss
12:35They're both well-known hill climb venues
12:37So I wanted to finish up with some full-on efforts
12:39Where are we?
12:44Yeah I think 20 might be out of the question
12:58Actually wasn't too bad
13:00That was just a lot of overreacting
13:02Quite frankly it's absolutely gorgeous at the moment
13:04So it was very good
13:09All right here we go dropping into the final climb of the day
13:18Home Moss
13:21Let's see how it goes
13:39I've got to say coming up here
13:44Legs were dead
13:45You just had to grind it out and just make it happen
13:48But yeah pretty stunning
13:58Well there we have it 18 climbs done
14:00It wasn't what I wanted
14:01But I think it's still a fairly respectable result
14:03If any of you guys were going to take on this challenge
14:05I'll be really keen to hear where you'd do it
14:07And if you do do it
14:08Do let me know how many you managed to get in
14:10Because I'll tell you it is quite tough
14:12It's fair to say though even though it was very tough
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14:43That's all from me though
14:44I think I need a long shower and a very long sleep
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14:50And I'll see you again very soon
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