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Brilliant effort and vid. Just spotted Bike Racing Without Mercy sneeking past!

Took a fantastic line at 12:50

It's fairly clear that if you're to attempt this climb it's probably worth losing a few kg first..

The valley of Despair behind ,the road of fear and loathing in front . ............😱😱☠☠

Well done!!! if you dont mind me asking how did you do the overlay?

Fantastic performance. Well done. I’m hoping to ride the Fred next year… 😳

Bit of me feels frustrated by this… think how many people are desperate for a ballot entry and don’t get the chance, only to lose out to people who take their bike for a walk…

How long is that pull

Folks walking at the bottom of the climb; totally unfit to do the Fred, inappropriate gearing or a combination of both?

Good effort. What was your easiest gear?

Well done fantastic effort, just wish the ones walking would be more aware of the ones still riding 😊

Looks like zero fun

Brutal climb. Chuckled seeing the guy in his socks @14:10 with his shoes resting on his hoods.

When people realise their 10 grand bikes don't ride themselves

Hardknott the highway with Van Morrison driving the broom wagon

Since the video stopped i have to guess you didn't got it?

Brilliant effort, thank you for posting. Great ahead of the 2024 attempt!

Strong ride, there’s no down changes when I go up there, granny all the way!

Love the line of silently suffering rides from about 3mins onwards.

I did that once this summer on an unfamiliar trail and it was sort of like the "Frog not realizing it was boiling" metaphor except the end result was I slowly got too far and too deep and finally had to stop and put my feet in 8 inch deep water and walk the bike back. My shoes and socks were squishy the rest of the ride.

Did well to avoid getting feet soaked.

Looks like the road to Waterperry. Apt name!

I remember something 🥶

Great job

Well done. Fantastic achievement

I couldn't do that...I just couldn't walk my bike up hill, to spend super money on a light bike for these occasions to, it would be more painful looking back over the years, but i get it, as it's soo tempting on a mountain stage to get off, especially on a monster climb, i know this climb as have done it on a hot humid day and it was made hard due to road surface and hot sticky weather

Well done. I did this on the devils ride just the other week. How does this compare to Hardnott pass?

How much do you weigh for w/kg reference?

I have only managed to complete this climb twice... Once on a penny farthing, the other on a unicycle. Anyone fancy trying a tandem with me?

I witnessed a car burn its clutch out on that final sharp climb (hard left, followed by the hard right), so you can only imagine just how almost impossibly hard that entire climb is... and near the end as well!

Well done ! I went up there with my first car in 1982, the radiator boiled before we got to the top, had to stop ! Would love to try it on a bike, but would probably end up walking !

Such a brutal climb. After the cattle grid..... seemingly endless. Did it a couple of weeks before on the Lakeland Classic route. Tic tacking the really steep bits was my favoured technique. And the descent is pretty scary...

better with the mist as you can't see what is to come, I remember having a 36 x 25 gear for this.

In my prime maybe ..Deffo no chance today

I've taken my bike for a walk over hardknott then Wrynose on two occasions - I'm glad to see I was not the only one walking - it's a killer 😂

What a pain! Hope you carry a spare tube and a pump or CO2?

Just look at all those ponces on their £10k+ bikes struggling to get up a hill.

Any believe there were people walking, do they not know it’s easier to get in a low gear and steadily spin the cranks, rather than walk up hill pushing the bike…..😂😂

Hundred percent power to your legs mate

Chapue! I did the Fred for the 2nd time this year and made it up Hardknott without walking. Will not be doing it again! 😀

👏👏👏👏👏superb effort would love to know how high the climb is in meters or feet I do climbs for fitness myself and this totally interests me …great vid and much respect

Only wrynose and red bank 🏧...easy

The flicking head movement of the footage does your head in watching. I did this climb last year and it’s tough especially after 50miles but it was the road surface that made it brutal. Fortunately I didn’t have to contend with other cyclists. Well done.

Well done!

How much do you weigh? Just wondering whether to insult you 😜

Great effort 😮

Does anyone know how this compares to Rosedale chimney and winnats pass? I've done those but not had a chance to get to the lakes

wow i would've cramped up for sure.amazing,sekmes :)

The English version of the Col De Gallibier.