Cycling up Ditchling Beacon. BHF London to Brighton Bike Ride 2019:

For those people contemplating a London to Brighton bike ride, here is a video of the climb up Ditchling Beacon in June 2019. This was part of the British Heart Foundation Charity Ride - hence the number of riders. The hill starts at circa 45 miles from the start at Clapham Common.
The conditions were 'wet' - but not raining at this time.
The video was captured on my GoPro Hero 7 - and edited on Final Cut Pro. For the sake of brevity, I have sped the video up slightly.
Music: 'Flykten över Öresund' by: Henrik Meierkord via www.audiio.com

[@ChubbyChecker182]

this is EPIC... nice video, nice music

[@cjcjcj1978]

the amount of people walking up the middle of the road.... jeez! That's a beast, not sure if you've done the Ride London 100 but wonder how it compares to Leath Hill or Box Hill - looks harder!

[@angelfab786]

done both and did ditchling first time yesterday. leith is pretty difficult, but not as long, so you can get it done. ditchling is long. 1.4 miles, and my garmin was showing 12% and 14% regularly, the easing off is still about 8%, so ditchling is more difficult unless you have the cardio to go on for that length of ride.

[@andrew30m]

I like to think the video hasn’t been sped up and they put something in the water at the feed station 😂

[@johnnyh112]

Glad I see this

[@SlinkShady]

Doing this tomorrow. Looks like it is in three basic sections looking at the map. I'm hopeful but wary lol

[@mikeonhisbikes]

Yep. Me too :)

[@grahamo22]

Ascent ..... assent is an agreement

[@SM-dt1pr]

Oh God... the number of strava downhill segments which have been named 'decents' makes my teeth itch.