I usually climb Brasted Hill at the end and stroll around Cudham after my 50 miles journey and Toys Hill (South). It really empties the tank, especially with a 12kg Claud Butler and no energy to saddle off. I hardly reach 6-7 mph. Going down is pretty dangerous, once a huge John Deere came upfront, two weeks ago Harvesters were around. Going down via Hogthrough hill is suicidal, it is nearly impossible to stop at the stop.
they cant even spell it, why do these idiots who think there cycling, laugh, ride 3 abreast in a country lane, stopping motorist from getting passed, who are stuck behind them for the next mile, i dont think they know how to get their feet out of the toe clips, and we have to pay road tax for this, they are like silly children, who have nothing better to do, i used to race bikes at herne hill race track in the 70,s come on guys grow up a bit , buy yourselves a motorbike, pehaps you better not, you would be crashing it to much, cyclings for grown up children, not people with no brain, not one of you have a mirror fitted, to see whats coming up behind, if you had to pay road tax like everybody else,you would,nt do it,you need to get yourselves a decent job, and do something usefull,grow up a bit.
shame the video turned into a woe is me drama about james and his gear selection, rather than chatting about the climb, how best to ride it and what makes it an iconic climb. me me me me............. yawn.
More videos like this please. Haven't been up there so will put it on the list. Toys Hill and Chalkpit Lane in Oxted are worthy of videos if this is going to be a series?
Mark Ramgoolam-Sinclair hogtrough starts steep (18% gradient) but that only stays anywhere close to that for about 500 metres. The rest of it is a relatively shallow spin to the top. Brasted on the other hand gets progressively harder as you climb. So it’s seriously easy to blow up towards the top. I haven’t done Brasted yet, but Hogtrough was a tough climb and I found it quite fun.
Please do an iconic climb up challacombe hill, in woolacombe, north devon it is an amazing climb used in the tour of Britain 2018 and after 100 km Andre Greipel struggled to get up it, I tried it for the first time after the tour and almost killed myself doing it, it would mean the world if you could do it
FFS 16% and your crowing as if its Everest. I did this last year and its a nice training hill but, not at all a savage climb or even hard. Maybe its being in North Yorkshire which has real hills and plenty of them but, wow it must be a southern thing!!
This could have been an interesting video about an interesting climb, rather it became a video about a former pro either (truly) showing cycling incompetence or (badly) feigning a real and hard effort. I think the latter is true, but either way a rubbish vid.
@@jaycollins6792 GCN is still a cut above ( top gear quality with some of their production) but I think Cycling weekly have made some good strides in production values, and for that I thought they deserved praise!
Strange choice! There are far more iconic climbs in this area , what about Yorks, Toys, or One tree. For someone "local" would have thought they might know how to pronounce it !!! Its Bray-stead. I understand it's personal choice on clothing but as a responsible publication is good to promote dressing like ninjas in winter.
I have never managed to climb Yorks! I tried once and I slipped on the dead leaves, Ranger Rovers were coming down, it is just impossible, unless you start your journey with it, fresh.
The gearing that a recently retired pro rider would use is probably not relevant for the vast majority of riders. Depends on age, fitness, sex, weight etc. Not all of us are 30 somethings weighing maybe 65kg. Also the hill is pretty average. There must be hundreds, if not thousands, of climbs in the UK that are tougher than that.
A fair bit of half wheeling going on tut tut...less chat more gas. Some text book bull shit excuse at the end about gear selection. The over all quilty has improved in terms of filming and i like the idea of local bike shops getting involved thats a great idea but saddly this weeks subject matter of what seems to be an average climb is a bit of a let down! Nice try.
I didn't know Jules Holland was a road cyclist. This video is super lame. Brasted isn't particularly fearsome. Sundridge is (which is literally the next road along from Brasted) and the south face of Toys for example. Just a few miles down the A25 is Chalkpit Lane.
I’m gonna come back to make a comment about Chalkpit once I ride it. I expect to need a 34/30 ratio for it. Target is to finish the climb in under 10 minutes. It looks pretty brutal. With regard to the climb in this video, I think they’re talking about how many people who think they’re strong climbers fail to pace properly and end up blowing up on the steep ramp.
Sundridge and Hogtrough have a brutal start but the rest is usually fine. Brasted is the other way round. In my opinion, Chalkpit and Toys are substantially harder than Brasted, though I need to do Toys earlier in a ride to see if that makes a difference to my opinion. My first time was after 80k and undulating hills. My second time was after 50k and 6 cat 4's including Yorks and Brasted. Chalkpit is definitely much tougher overall, as is Yorks imo.
Never get tired of watching this one!
I usually climb Brasted Hill at the end and stroll around Cudham after my 50 miles journey and Toys Hill (South). It really empties the tank, especially with a 12kg Claud Butler and no energy to saddle off. I hardly reach 6-7 mph. Going down is pretty dangerous, once a huge John Deere came upfront, two weeks ago Harvesters were around. Going down via Hogthrough hill is suicidal, it is nearly impossible to stop at the stop.
It's pronounced Braysted. A bloody hard climb. Good work.
I was going to say the same thing. Didn't look that step? It's not The Wall in Ashdown Forest
they cant even spell it, why do these idiots who think there cycling, laugh, ride 3 abreast in a country lane, stopping motorist from getting passed, who are stuck behind them for the next mile, i dont think they know how to get their feet out of the toe clips, and we have to pay road tax for this, they are like silly children, who have nothing better to do, i used to race bikes at herne hill race track in the 70,s come on guys grow up a bit , buy yourselves a motorbike, pehaps you better not, you would be crashing it to much, cyclings for grown up children, not people with no brain, not one of you have a mirror fitted, to see whats coming up behind, if you had to pay road tax like everybody else,you would,nt do it,you need to get yourselves a decent job, and do something usefull,grow up a bit.
This was woefully scripted. Desperately trying to make a very average climb sound incredibly difficult, don't understand it at all.
This isn't even the toughest climb out of Brasted let alone one of the toughest in the UK. Quite baffled by this as a choice
Good video, all relative. To the boys and girls of Mid Devon CC this is a speed bump ! But credit for getting up it.
these dudes are whining about a climb that is 5-6mins long? lame.
Nice video. Sharing the chain ring size was helpful information. Just learning.
Glad you covered the climb as it’s local to me. It’s got a bit of spite to it but there are better choices around: Toys and Yorks to name but two
Toys south side fairly okay except for the final kilometres.
York’s looks seriously hard.
That Le Col gear looks like you're wearing a clown suit
shame the video turned into a woe is me drama about james and his gear selection, rather than chatting about the climb, how best to ride it and what makes it an iconic climb. me me me me............. yawn.
let's go for a KOM but keep chatting on the way up. Do you think we got it?
Enjoyed it, cheers!
More videos like this please. Haven't been up there so will put it on the list. Toys Hill and Chalkpit Lane in Oxted are worthy of videos if this is going to be a series?
toys hill is a killer
@@grandad1982 It's the sort of climb you only want to do the once so you can tick it off the list!
Mr Stanhope Both those hills are harder than Brasted. I’d say that neighbouring Hogstrough is worse than Brasted too IMO.
Sundridge hill, York's hill and the wall are all harder climbs in kent area. Besides the kick at the very top brasted is a relatively short effort
Mark Ramgoolam-Sinclair hogtrough starts steep (18% gradient) but that only stays anywhere close to that for about 500 metres. The rest of it is a relatively shallow spin to the top.
Brasted on the other hand gets progressively harder as you climb. So it’s seriously easy to blow up towards the top.
I haven’t done Brasted yet, but Hogtrough was a tough climb and I found it quite fun.
Should put some of these rides your doing on strava for added interest
Please do an iconic climb up challacombe hill, in woolacombe, north devon it is an amazing climb used in the tour of Britain 2018 and after 100 km Andre Greipel struggled to get up it, I tried it for the first time after the tour and almost killed myself doing it, it would mean the world if you could do it
pity you did,nt one less fool on the road
More challenges like this please......love them
FFS 16% and your crowing as if its Everest. I did this last year and its a nice training hill but, not at all a savage climb or even hard. Maybe its being in North Yorkshire which has real hills and plenty of them but, wow it must be a southern thing!!
16% isn’t the steepest bit
Having ridden it, the 20% stretch is certainly tough. Even with a compact.
Come to Essex and take on North Hill
This could have been an interesting video about an interesting climb, rather it became a video about a former pro either (truly) showing cycling incompetence or (badly) feigning a real and hard effort. I think the latter is true, but either way a rubbish vid.
I'm gonna attempt an everest on this hill
Try Warren road Chatham, it's a killer!
Steve was no mug...letting you do all the talking, James
Steve's bike is half a wheel longer
Production quality has vastly improved and your not to far behind GCN quality now, well done keep it up
Gcn smash this to bits i think.
@@jaycollins6792 GCN is still a cut above ( top gear quality with some of their production) but I think Cycling weekly have made some good strides in production values, and for that I thought they deserved praise!
It's a beast, but Yorks Hill nearby is worse
Strange choice! There are far more iconic climbs in this area , what about Yorks, Toys, or One tree. For someone "local" would have thought they might know how to pronounce it !!! Its Bray-stead. I understand it's personal choice on clothing but as a responsible publication is good to promote dressing like ninjas in winter.
I have never managed to climb Yorks! I tried once and I slipped on the dead leaves, Ranger Rovers were coming down, it is just impossible, unless you start your journey with it, fresh.
The gearing that a recently retired pro rider would use is probably not relevant for the vast majority of riders. Depends on age, fitness, sex, weight etc. Not all of us are 30 somethings weighing maybe 65kg. Also the hill is pretty average. There must be hundreds, if not thousands, of climbs in the UK that are tougher than that.
A fair bit of half wheeling going on tut tut...less chat more gas. Some text book bull shit excuse at the end about gear selection. The over all quilty has improved in terms of filming and i like the idea of local bike shops getting involved thats a great idea but saddly this weeks subject matter of what seems to be an average climb is a bit of a let down! Nice try.
Good job you weren’t, ahem, Cycling Weakly boys.
Interesting video thanks.... But you guys are invisible on roads all in black
There’s more to give if you can talk most of way up. Gear properly and send it James show us what you and Steve can do.
I didn't know Jules Holland was a road cyclist.
This video is super lame.
Brasted isn't particularly fearsome. Sundridge is (which is literally the next road along from Brasted) and the south face of Toys for example. Just a few miles down the A25 is Chalkpit Lane.
I climb Toys Hill (south face) regularly without issue, I find Brasted much harder, maybe because it comes next. I will have a look at Sundrige.
I’m gonna come back to make a comment about Chalkpit once I ride it. I expect to need a 34/30 ratio for it. Target is to finish the climb in under 10 minutes. It looks pretty brutal.
With regard to the climb in this video, I think they’re talking about how many people who think they’re strong climbers fail to pace properly and end up blowing up on the steep ramp.
Sundridge and Hogtrough have a brutal start but the rest is usually fine. Brasted is the other way round.
In my opinion, Chalkpit and Toys are substantially harder than Brasted, though I need to do Toys earlier in a ride to see if that makes a difference to my opinion. My first time was after 80k and undulating hills. My second time was after 50k and 6 cat 4's including Yorks and Brasted.
Chalkpit is definitely much tougher overall, as is Yorks imo.
If you can hold a conversation, then you're not gonna get that KOM...... 🤔😉🤦♀️👎
RUBBISH.....
God that was absolute rubbish.
standard chainsets are just a waste of time!! ive hit 80km/h on my 50x11
34/28......
Thats what I ride in the North Lakes.... We've got 25%'s and I'm almost 50.....
Shut up and man up..... 💪💪💪💪
Think he said a 44 inner ring, that would pinch
@@corgisquad1516 He did. Off his tt bike
Ride style varies. Some of us just can't grind out of saddle up a hill
can't stand this presenter omg.
well this is embarrassing
Try that in Nigerian roads and hate yourself. Nice one anyway.
iconic hill not a climb
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