London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

Hovis Brown · 22nd September 2007

Stumbled across this photo set today. Cyclists trying to get up a 25% gradient hill.

Westernport Wall

And I thought Ditchling was tough...

brett · 22nd September 2007

A few saturday mornings around North London with our resident Hill Climbing Trainer and we'd all be alright ;o)
No, that's probably fairly brutal actually...

Hovis Brown · 22nd September 2007

i like that it's steep to the point where people are falling off their bikes.

BringMeMyFix · 22nd September 2007

I didn't get it at first. "Why are these people using tribars for a hillclimb?"; "Why all the falling off when they're in their lowest gear?"; "What's with some of the homo-erotic outfits?"

Then it dawned on me... TRIATHLON!

Climb looks like a piece of piss, but not in the middle of a half-ironman I suppose ;P

lpg · 22nd September 2007

innit, like.

pussies.

hippy · 22nd September 2007

http://www.savagemantri.org/Westernport_Wall.html

hippy · 22nd September 2007

I love it.. you've got dorky lookin' blokes on bog stock road bikes having no issues and the guys running HED3's, Seven Ti frames, softridewank machines are all toppling over!

eyebrows · 22nd September 2007

i know their pain- just did a triathlon today- an offroad tri. The bastards decided to put a technical trail in for the cycling- fun but not after swimming.

Hovis Brown · 23rd September 2007

the photos on hippy's link are actually of quite a beautiful route.

"Are you savage enough to be a SavageMan?" <- ha!

eeehhhh · 23rd September 2007

I don't understand why everyone is falling off :S

eeehhhh · 23rd September 2007

I'm confused. It doesn't even look that steep - I mean if you've got gears you can climb most hills anyway....

RPM · 23rd September 2007

photos can tend to make things look flatter though.

a common problem with mountain biking shots when you want to snap someone going down a proper steep section

eeehhhh · 23rd September 2007

Fair enough, I'll take your word for it. I still don't get why everyone is eating the ground though.

Hovis Brown · 23rd September 2007

i think people are slowing down too much and trying to zig-zag to keep up their momentum...which appears to be failing.

BringMeMyFix · 23rd September 2007

1 in 4 (25%) is definitely steep. They're falling off cos they lose all faith in their ability to go any further just as they get to the deadspot in their pedal stroke. Then they stall. It's all so confusing, they forget to unclip. Then they fall.

And they're triathletes. I don't wish to generalize, but they specialize in riding in a straight line very fast on the flat, and don't do clipping in/(out), cos they have their shoes already attached to the pedals.

eeehhhh · 23rd September 2007

Haha, out of the two, pedal stroke or just being a triathlete, I'd say the latter. I mean, I used bloody Powegrips and even with them I can pull through dead spots no problem so with clipless that's no excuse :)

BringMeMyFix · 23rd September 2007

I can hear their coaches now: "whatever happens, stay seated and as aero as possible, even during the climbs!"

eeehhhh · 24th September 2007

Hahaha, with your arms locked into those tri-bars :)

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22nd September 2007	#1
Hovis Brown	Stumbled across this photo set today. Cyclists trying to get up a 25% gradient hill. Westernport Wall And I thought Ditchling was tough...
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22nd September 2007	#2
brett	A few saturday mornings around North London with our resident Hill Climbing Trainer and we'd all be alright ;o) No, that's probably fairly brutal actually...
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22nd September 2007	#4
BringMeMyFix	I didn't get it at first. "Why are these people using tribars for a hillclimb?"; "Why all the falling off when they're in their lowest gear?"; "What's with some of the homo-erotic outfits?" Then it dawned on me... TRIATHLON! Climb looks like a piece of piss, but not in the middle of a half-ironman I suppose ;P
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22nd September 2007	#6
hippy	http://www.savagemantri.org/Westernport_Wall.html
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22nd September 2007	#8
eyebrows	i know their pain- just did a triathlon today- an offroad tri. The bastards decided to put a technical trail in for the cycling- fun but not after swimming.
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23rd September 2007	#9
Hovis Brown	the photos on hippy's link are actually of quite a beautiful route. "Are you savage enough to be a SavageMan?" <- ha!
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23rd September 2007	#10
eeehhhh	I don't understand why everyone is falling off :S
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24th September 2007	#18
eeehhhh	Hahaha, with your arms locked into those tri-bars :)
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