Hi Katie. You are an absolute LEGEND. You're positive attitude, drive and enthusiasm for everything you do is amazing. You turn negatives into positives. I laugh with you...i cry with you and i feel your exitement when you conquer your goals. You inspire me to be the best that i can. Whenever i'm feeling down or having a tough day (i suffer with anxiety & depression) i simply watch one of your videos and i feel heaps better. Keep up the great work. Much Love from "Down Under" Regards.... Leigh. xx 💞🚴💞🚴💞
My favourite quote: "I would literally rather ride a 300 or 400 K ride than do this right now. I'm honest but I'm on oh my god look at those sheep hi sheepie hellooo". Concentrate Katie, concentrate.
Legend! What a great feeling that must have been. Moments like this are why I refuse to give up on climbs I find hard because one day I know it's possible, just got to keep getting out there ☺️
I can totally understand the anxiety and thrill. I was a bit scared the whole week leading to my Zoncolan climb. And when it flattened a bit about 2 km before the summit I literally had to hold my tears back. Even now a few months after it, the pride I feel... What a self-esteem booster a bike is. Also, it is the best quality time for couples. I rode quite a lot with my wife for the past three years. She gradually came from "I can't be bothered with 2 hours riding" and "I hate climbs" to 180 km rides and 15% gradients. She is suffering a severe biking history amnesia lately :).
Hardknott is the spiritual centrepoint of my cycling experiences. Whatever else I've challenged myself to ride, Hardknott remains the place where I learned what's what, and especially how big a part the mind plays in overcoming a physical challenge. Only ridden it 4 times, twice clean, twice with dabs. I love that hill. It's my Uluru.
Hardknott is a beast! A long long time ago, my sister and I attempted to do Hardknott on a 150cc Lambretta scooter! Needless to say we didn't. She just managed to get the scooter up and I walked with the knapsack! Chapeau Katie!!!
Well done Katie, big climb that. I did it as part of C2C in a day, quickly followed by Wrynose. Thankfully it was in the first 15 miles and not the last 15! I used The Rake in Ramsbottom and Mythom Steeps in Hebden Bridge to train for Hardknott. Even though the C2C was 150miles, which was way the longest ride I’d attempted, it was Hardknott that scared the Bejaysus out of me! Glad to say though I managed it all the way. I will return at some point...
You go girl ! I am inspired to re-try my nemesis hill now. Hicks road and Mount Uhminum in the hills above San Jose California. It is a beast of a climb that I have failed three times. After that I will conquer the lost coast in Northern California. I got my butt whooped there a few months ago - I am ashamed to admit that I had to hitch a ride out of there. Thanks for the inspiration...
You're so amazing Katie. Truly an inspiration. I NEVER comment on TH-cam videos, but I always watch yours and I just love you. You have such a connection to your fans in a way that no one else really does. Keep up these fantastic vids, and I will keep riding just behind you x
Great job Katie! Those bends are brutal then you get the last kick up to completely finish you off! You picked a nice day for it, the Lakes at their best!
Based on the video title I knew this was going to be good so I went to the big screen to watch. When you passed over the top I jumped up and said 'YES!!!'. What a climb...and you did it! Well done Katie - you're awesome.
Brilliant Katie! Congratulations! Don’t know if you remember but we met at the food stop before Hardknott on the 2018 Fred. And you had said not long after that you would go back and try again! What an achievement, you powered up there! You destroyed the 33% hairpin! Such a great goal to conquer. There’s nothing you can’t climb after this!
Well Done! Been there a few times, once got an old Sherpa camper van up it - but not from the steepest side! Never climbed it on a bike, I have local steepish climbs and had to walk many at first now I can ride most as I'm back cycling now - after year off. Real feeling of achievement when you get to the top for the first time
Great job!!! Well done for showing the climb who is boss. To see how made up You were at the end was great, has been on my bucket list of climbs for ages🚲🚲👍👍😁😁
Well done, it’s a great sense of achievement . It’s often the traffic that causes a fail and I know what you mean about the front end rearing up, like a horse refusal. A steel bike with steel forks keeps you grounded preferably with 1:1 gearing. Cheers
And on a rim brake bike too. U don't want heavy disc brakes rubbing on a climb like that. Great effort Katie. I've got a climb in Snowdonia that I had to back off the one time I tried it. This has inspired me to go back and try again.
Had a similar experience myself recently here in USA. What a feeling once you finally conquer it! However, no harm in getting bigger gears either especially when you hit 60+ years 😃. Well done. Love your videos so thank you.
Holy moly, Katie! You're a hill killer! I've only been watching (subscribed) for a short time, and you make climbing those hills look easy, honestly. Congratulations on your victory!
I rode up newlands first time back in august, on a hybrid...got 3/4s up..went back and got right up and had the front wheel lifting...then done honistor and got about 100 metres off top, stopped then went again 2 week later and got up. This is deffo on the cards for early 21. Got a road bike now and breezed up newlands last week, but I have been caning the zwift and hills lately. Good effort and well done, nothing worse than the belly full of dred before you set off haha
Well done, I rode it on the day before for the first time on my ebike, it was even very hard on that due to having a very high 1st gear. Was very tempted to stop on that corner but kept going with a bit of zig zagging before it eases for the last bit.
It is without doubt the hardest climb I've ever ridden. Just riding towards it makes you doubt yourself as it looks like a wall on the approach.. Bloody good effort. Of course you need to ride the "Fred" again now you know you can ride it!
Yeah not bad 😉, seriously though Katie massive well done. Hardknot is a monster of a climb. It makes grown men cry. Super happy for you. Chapeau. 👊💪🤘👏👏👏
Yay! Nice one! I've climbed Hardknott four times on the 'Fred' 2015/16/17/18. Was down to do it last year but injury put paid to that. Doing the 'Fred' next year though!
well done lass !! in my first year of cycling my friend caig battersby took me up there on a 70 mile ride and i was on a steely peugeot 531 pro with 52/42 chain rings and a 21 block on the back ! stalled half way up and was hard to get going again but managed it lol
Just discovered your videos Katie, loving your positive attitude, not sure I’m ready for Hardknott Pass yet though , well done you for nailing it. Keep up the great work.
Well done Katie great effort. Another great hill challenge for you to try, that not many people know about, is the Cowlyd Climb near Dolgarrog in North Wales. Its an absolute beast.
Brilliant!! Saw you did this on Strava and was looking forward to seeing the video. Have you heard of The Cowlyd in North Wales? Simon Warren said, "If I’d had the energy left to cry when I reached the top of this road then I would, it just broke me, it’s insanity. The Cowlyd is easily the toughest stretch of Tarmac I’ve ever ridden this side of The Angliru" lol Somebody Everested it on the longest day of the year in June...not really any decent videos of it about, be great to see you tackle that next summer!! There's also another mental one a few miles down the round called The Eigiau. I might have a go at the smaller one when I've lost a bit more weight and strenghthened my core.
First of all very well done Katie. At least this time round you didn’t have the 90 odd miles and all the climbing you had to do before you got to hard knock. I’ve only ever done that climb the ones when I done Fred Witton And i am afraid I had three goes at it but didn’t walk I stopped turned round and went back down to Clip in which I must admit I find very hard in itself😂 but I was not going to walk for me I class that as a Phalia but that is just me very stubborn and bullheaded and not only that I was nursing cramp from 68 miles in but that is one place I want to go back to and have another crack at the whole thing as I really did enjoy my day out, really enjoyed the video and as it was one that I had asked for you to do bit of a nasty ba...rd aren’t I well done again 👍
I felt like that before climbing the Tourmalet. It was very hard work, not helped by my balls going numb from being sat at that angle for so long :) The sense of achievement was incredible though. Well done!
Well done. You are strong. I havnt done it yet but talk about next level climbs. First one for me was shibden wall in Halifax. Cobbles mean you have to keep speed going or you will fall off. Wheelie or wheelspin. Not that long be just grinding to the top
Congratulations Katie. I literally fell off my bike just before that steepest bend. Just came to a halt and toppled over. I did get over Wrynose though and completed C2C.
Bike and girl become one well done listen to the voice who tell u that ur amazing and u will fly. Ur so much better then u believe Katie inspections and encourages is what u r xx
The Hirnant pass out of Bala in North Wales is other worldly. Wonderful lanes through the valley with a few punchy climbs then the valley opens up and you see the road going up and up and up. You want to give that a go 100%
awesome job!! totally flying in the face of popular opinion but honestly I've always thought Wrynose was the hardest of the two, if you ride it from the bottom junction of Little Langdale its way longer and tougher, the midway break on Hardknott gives you a nice little breather aswell, Wrynose is just relentless and that last section is brutal... go on Katie, do Wrynose next 😋
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Hi Katie.
You are an absolute LEGEND.
You're positive attitude, drive and enthusiasm for everything you do is amazing. You turn negatives into positives. I laugh with you...i cry with you and i feel your exitement when you conquer your goals.
You inspire me to be the best that i can.
Whenever i'm feeling down or having a tough day (i suffer with anxiety & depression) i simply watch one of your videos and i feel heaps better.
Keep up the great work.
Much Love from "Down Under"
Regards.... Leigh. xx
💞🚴💞🚴💞
My favourite quote: "I would literally rather ride a 300 or 400 K ride than do this right now. I'm honest but I'm on oh my god look at those sheep hi sheepie hellooo".
Concentrate Katie, concentrate.
Well done, I'm in hospital having chemotherapy so have my own hill to climb but I've enjoyed watching this ❤️
Stay positive. Good luck
Best of luck man, be brave...
Don't fight the climb, just climb it.
Sending good thoughts and best wishes your way, steve o! #staySTRONG
Good luck with the treatment.👍
Legend! What a great feeling that must have been. Moments like this are why I refuse to give up on climbs I find hard because one day I know it's possible, just got to keep getting out there ☺️
I can totally understand the anxiety and thrill. I was a bit scared the whole week leading to my Zoncolan climb. And when it flattened a bit about 2 km before the summit I literally had to hold my tears back. Even now a few months after it, the pride I feel... What a self-esteem booster a bike is.
Also, it is the best quality time for couples. I rode quite a lot with my wife for the past three years. She gradually came from "I can't be bothered with 2 hours riding" and "I hate climbs" to 180 km rides and 15% gradients. She is suffering a severe biking history amnesia lately :).
Congrats on doing your climb!!!!! Something about that one we have to to really go for and when we get it it's blummin' magic! :)
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! I'm so glad you went back and nailed it.
Hardknott is the spiritual centrepoint of my cycling experiences. Whatever else I've challenged myself to ride, Hardknott remains the place where I learned what's what, and especially how big a part the mind plays in overcoming a physical challenge. Only ridden it 4 times, twice clean, twice with dabs. I love that hill. It's my Uluru.
Congratulations Katie. Well done for getting up that bugger. 👍🙏
Hardknott is a beast! A long long time ago, my sister and I attempted to do Hardknott on a 150cc Lambretta scooter! Needless to say we didn't. She just managed to get the scooter up and I walked with the knapsack! Chapeau Katie!!!
Was really cheering you on, great job Katie.
And what beautiful views.
Well done Katie...Stirling effort...👍👍
Well done Katie x
Katie, your content just gets better and better, keep up the excellent work.
Woohoo!!!! CONGRATULATIONS Katie, AWESOME climb!!!
Well done Katie, big climb that. I did it as part of C2C in a day, quickly followed by Wrynose. Thankfully it was in the first 15 miles and not the last 15! I used The Rake in Ramsbottom and Mythom Steeps in Hebden Bridge to train for Hardknott. Even though the C2C was 150miles, which was way the longest ride I’d attempted, it was Hardknott that scared the Bejaysus out of me! Glad to say though I managed it all the way. I will return at some point...
Oh my god !!!!! It was a steep climb. With a dodgy knee and dodgy arm 👍👏👏 and on the third attempt, well done Kay Kay, Awesome !!
I really appreciate you showing us!!! You are amazing!!!
Amazingly well done Katie! Congratulate and it will be interesting see what come next!
Congrats Katie!! Im emotional for you!!
Absolutely awesome Katie I’m so happy for you, must be a fantastic feeling conquering Hardknott Pass💪💪💪🚴🏼♀️👍
You go girl ! I am inspired to re-try my nemesis hill now. Hicks road and Mount Uhminum in the hills above San Jose California. It is a beast of a climb that I have failed three times. After that I will conquer the lost coast in Northern California. I got my butt whooped there a few months ago - I am ashamed to admit that I had to hitch a ride out of there. Thanks for the inspiration...
What an incredible climb good job Katie!
that was freaking amazing to watch. love you honesty and your tenacity. once again you proved you are a badass! HONESTY!! 👌
Very Very well done Katie. So pleased for you - and the views ...... the views !!
Well done. The 3 attempts before were the stepping stones to this achievement. You have inspired me to get back on the bike. Thank you.
Well done Katie 👏.
Absolutely amazing. Well done 🎉 xxxx
You're so amazing Katie. Truly an inspiration. I NEVER comment on TH-cam videos, but I always watch yours and I just love you. You have such a connection to your fans in a way that no one else really does. Keep up these fantastic vids, and I will keep riding just behind you x
Great job Katie! Those bends are brutal then you get the last kick up to completely finish you off! You picked a nice day for it, the Lakes at their best!
Based on the video title I knew this was going to be good so I went to the big screen to watch. When you passed over the top I jumped up and said 'YES!!!'. What a climb...and you did it! Well done Katie - you're awesome.
Katie... you are an amazing human being. Such an inspiration. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. The world is a better place because of you! :)
Yay!! Congratulations Katie. Well done. Awesome 💪🏻🚴♀️
Brilliant Katie! Congratulations! Don’t know if you remember but we met at the food stop before Hardknott on the 2018 Fred. And you had said not long after that you would go back and try again! What an achievement, you powered up there! You destroyed the 33% hairpin! Such a great goal to conquer. There’s nothing you can’t climb after this!
Well Done! Been there a few times, once got an old Sherpa camper van up it - but not from the steepest side! Never climbed it on a bike, I have local steepish climbs and had to walk many at first now I can ride most as I'm back cycling now - after year off. Real feeling of achievement when you get to the top for the first time
Great job!!! Well done for showing the climb who is boss. To see how made up
You were at the end was great, has been on my bucket list of climbs for ages🚲🚲👍👍😁😁
WOW, well done Katie!! You absolutely smashed it! x
So pumped for you, Katie. Well, well played. You’re such an inspiration with your cheerful attitude & your British determination !! Cheers from 🇨🇦
Congratulations 🥳
Love it, I’m looking forward to fighting this soon. Need a cassette change though I’m worried doing it with a 36/28. I would much prefer 34/34.
Bloody well done Katie! Only ever attempted it on the Fred Whitton and my legs blew up half way up it. Excellent effort 👍
Well done, it’s a great sense of achievement . It’s often the traffic that causes a fail and I know what you mean about the front end rearing up, like a horse refusal. A steel bike with steel forks keeps you grounded preferably with 1:1 gearing. Cheers
Well done Katie. I have been on holiday there and driven over it both ways. That is a beast of a hill 👍🚴
Congrats Katie!! So amazing to watch your tenacity and determination to reach this goal...very inspiring!
Way to go Katie!!!
Awesome, good job, congratulations!!!🤗🤗🤗
Smashed it out the park! Well done Katie. 🤜
And on a rim brake bike too. U don't want heavy disc brakes rubbing on a climb like that. Great effort Katie. I've got a climb in Snowdonia that I had to back off the one time I tried it. This has inspired me to go back and try again.
Proper joyful to watch you nail this! Well done Katie! 👊
There is no hill you can't conquer now! Fantastic!!
Had a similar experience myself recently here in USA. What a feeling once you finally conquer it! However, no harm in getting bigger gears either especially when you hit 60+ years 😃. Well done. Love your videos so thank you.
Holy moly, Katie! You're a hill killer! I've only been watching (subscribed) for a short time, and you make climbing those hills look easy, honestly. Congratulations on your victory!
Well done Katie🤗, it's well worth it for the views stunning. Shows how stronger a rider you've become, must be all those audax with the big climbs.
Yes Katie! Tremendous effort. My legs blew apart there on the Fred Whitten in 2019. Super happy for you. 😃
I rode up newlands first time back in august, on a hybrid...got 3/4s up..went back and got right up and had the front wheel lifting...then done honistor and got about 100 metres off top, stopped then went again 2 week later and got up. This is deffo on the cards for early 21. Got a road bike now and breezed up newlands last week, but I have been caning the zwift and hills lately.
Good effort and well done, nothing worse than the belly full of dred before you set off haha
Nailed it!!! Absolutely brill Katie!! 👌👌👌
Fantastic achievement, Katie!! Well done. Truly inspirational.
Well done, I rode it on the day before for the first time on my ebike, it was even very hard on that due to having a very high 1st gear. Was very tempted to stop on that corner but kept going with a bit of zig zagging before it eases for the last bit.
So exciting to see some try, fail and then succeed. Well done. Inspiring
What an achievement!
I have driven up and down Hardknotts ....no idea how you would cycle up it ...scary ...well done Katie
Absolutely brilliant, Katie!
That’s freakin’ awesome. Who cares if it took three years. You reached the summit! Huzzah!
3 yrs or third attempt ???
Ste Conway good point. Still an achievement nonetheless.
even better if it only the third time, I could not do it.......
😭❤😭❤😭 Bloody Brilliant, Another door open, another boxed ticked, onwards & bloody up up upwards. YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS .
It is without doubt the hardest climb I've ever ridden. Just riding towards it makes you doubt yourself as it looks like a wall on the approach.. Bloody good effort. Of course you need to ride the "Fred" again now you know you can ride it!
Well done. That’s an awesome achievement!
Yeah not bad 😉, seriously though Katie massive well done. Hardknot is a monster of a climb. It makes grown men cry. Super happy for you. Chapeau. 👊💪🤘👏👏👏
Yay! Nice one! I've climbed Hardknott four times on the 'Fred' 2015/16/17/18. Was down to do it last year but injury put paid to that. Doing the 'Fred' next year though!
Fair play, I did the Fred Whitton one year and hardknott pass is the only climb I had to walk! Google the SLAB in Bristol for a hard climb! 😉
Congrats. Deffo on my bucket list.
well done lass !! in my first year of cycling my friend caig battersby took me up there on a 70 mile ride and i was on a steely peugeot 531 pro with 52/42 chain rings and a 21 block on the back ! stalled half way up and was hard to get going again but managed it lol
Absolutely remarkable! All your effort is paying off..
Cheers from Philadelphia
Your best video ever. Not for the climb but for the "go on lad you've got it" that some you up to a T.
well done also :)
Just discovered your videos Katie, loving your positive attitude, not sure I’m ready for Hardknott Pass yet though , well done you for nailing it. Keep up the great work.
Well done Katie great effort. Another great hill challenge for you to try, that not many people know about, is the Cowlyd Climb near Dolgarrog in North Wales. Its an absolute beast.
Brilliant!! Saw you did this on Strava and was looking forward to seeing the video. Have you heard of The Cowlyd in North Wales? Simon Warren said, "If I’d had the energy left to cry when I reached the top of this road then I would, it just broke me, it’s insanity. The Cowlyd is easily the toughest stretch of Tarmac I’ve ever ridden this side of The Angliru" lol Somebody Everested it on the longest day of the year in June...not really any decent videos of it about, be great to see you tackle that next summer!! There's also another mental one a few miles down the round called The Eigiau. I might have a go at the smaller one when I've lost a bit more weight and strenghthened my core.
Well done!! You looked like you powered up there 💕 Go Katie!! 💕💕💕💕
Sitting in the house in the pouring rain watching this, I feel so happy for you, well done!
Bloody brilliant Katie - fantastic inspiration 😻
First of all very well done Katie. At least this time round you didn’t have the 90 odd miles and all the climbing you had to do before you got to hard knock. I’ve only ever done that climb the ones when I done Fred Witton And i am afraid I had three goes at it but didn’t walk I stopped turned round and went back down to Clip in which I must admit I find very hard in itself😂 but I was not going to walk for me I class that as a Phalia but that is just me very stubborn and bullheaded and not only that I was nursing cramp from 68 miles in but that is one place I want to go back to and have another crack at the whole thing as I really did enjoy my day out, really enjoyed the video and as it was one that I had asked for you to do bit of a nasty ba...rd aren’t I well done again 👍
That really made me smile! Well done, Katie. X
Congratulations
Congratulations on completing the climb & not being distracted by the sheep at the beginning 👍
I felt like that before climbing the Tourmalet. It was very hard work, not helped by my balls going numb from being sat at that angle for so long :) The sense of achievement was incredible though. Well done!
Was a bit emotional already before watching this but I really started crying when you finally did it!
Ah, your smile when you got to the top!!! Brilliant - VERY WELL DONE.
Thank you 🙂
Well done. You are strong. I havnt done it yet but talk about next level climbs. First one for me was shibden wall in Halifax. Cobbles mean you have to keep speed going or you will fall off. Wheelie or wheelspin. Not that long be just grinding to the top
Congratulations Katie. I literally fell off my bike just before that steepest bend. Just came to a halt and toppled over. I did get over Wrynose though and completed C2C.
So well done that was amazing! It looks so steep. You made it look easy as well. Your fitness is really high right now
Brilliant, well done, will make me keep trying big hills (which I hate 😩)
totally great effort! extremely jealous sitting in lockdown in Melbourne
Bike and girl become one well done listen to the voice who tell u that ur amazing and u will fly. Ur so much better then u believe Katie inspections and encourages is what u r xx
Awesome! Great job! 👍🏽
The Hirnant pass out of Bala in North Wales is other worldly. Wonderful lanes through the valley with a few punchy climbs then the valley opens up and you see the road going up and up and up. You want to give that a go 100%
congrats! 😁 it is great when hard training finally pays off!
Congratulations Katie perfectly done ✅ well done 👍
Bloody amazing Lass conquered at last a story to dine out on in your later years remember this day congratulations.
Congrats Katie... Well done... 👍
Phenomenal achievement well done 👌👌
That was awesome. Inspirational stuff.
There is NO shame pushing up hardknott, something like 80% of people who attempt it push up it!
awesome job!!
totally flying in the face of popular opinion but honestly I've always thought Wrynose was the hardest of the two, if you ride it from the bottom junction of Little Langdale its way longer and tougher, the midway break on Hardknott gives you a nice little breather aswell, Wrynose is just relentless and that last section is brutal... go on Katie, do Wrynose next 😋