Nice effort lad, you can sneak a 33T ring on a compact if you've a 5 arm crank, that 3% lower gear makes all the difference lol! These climbs are why I'll never dump the triple, 52/38/24, with a 12-30 I get 21" bottom, yours is about 28" with the 34-32. At least it wasn't raining and you didn't have to worry about tyre slip!
Tony firstly he did awesome,great job.But you seem to understand gearing,my setup is 52-36 and 11-34.If I was in first gear how would this differ from a 50-34 and 11-34.Ie what gear equivalent.Thank in advance.
Great effort, 450w at 4mph says it all. What was your average power? How much did you weigh at the time? It made me laugh when you went into the drops, the futility of trying to get any form of respite, I've been there.
Hey thanks for sharing, great effort! I'm thinking of entering next year's c2c and while the distance is obviously daunting I'm more scared by the fact it starts off with Hardknott and Wrynose - I'm a bit worried that's gonna kill me right off the bat. How did it impact the rest of your ride? Any tips on training for this? Cheers mate!
I trained by riding near matlock in derby. and on zwift. If you train hard and do two or three 100 mile sportives you will make it. Its the worst thing ever at the time but the feeling the day after is why we all keep coming back lol.
@@waynejohnson1659 thanks for taking the time Wayne! Yep planning on a turbo heavy winter and hopefully getting some one or two real life centuries done beforehand. Thanks for the advice, take care!
And I thought Ditchling Beacon on a 26 ring with 90 fast kilometres in the legs was bad. Your breathing in this shows how insane a combination of aerobic capacity and leg strength is needed
Massive effot!!! How was the rest of the ride after such a big climb at the start? I'm almost the same weight and lookinbg to do it next year. Thanks for sharing the vid
It does take it out of you, there is still 135 miles left after hardknott and wrynose. I think it would be a lot more enjoyable with 34 front 34 rear gearing.
wayne johnson yeah it’ll definitely be a huge challenge for me. I’ll probably stick a triple crank on with a granny ring and train on the steepest local hill I can find!!
Just watched two of your climbs and they looked brutal, chapeau to you. I'm going up to have a go up them in a couple of weeks, planned at 60 mile route taking in the Hardknott and Wrynose, any tips?
Just dig deep and get trough the first half, then make sure to rest on the flat (8% ish lol) in the middle. Because its brutal at the top. If I can get up at 15 stone its definitely do able. After hardknott, wrynose is a really small one.
Just came across this - well done mate - brutal climb. You were hurling for breath from the beginning but you kept at it. I take it the drops falling across the camera lens were you pissing sweat ? I totally get the side to side up the road.... just a few seconds of easier... just a few.... :) Ride safe
Great job. Anyone who makes it up Hardknott Pass deserves a medal.
agree
Thought I was on the bike with you, on the edge of my seat watching this. Fantastic effort well done.
thanks man, hardest thing I have done.
I had this playing on the big telly, and we were cheering you on, shouting you to the top! Good lad. Great effort! 😁👍
Thanks, hopefully doing it again in 2021 on the coast to coast.
What an effort!! Congratulations for not giving up and keep on pedalling!! Great effort!
fantstic effort there ! really really inspiring to watch
Cheers Matt. It is the hardest climb I have done to date.
Legendary effort! I'd love to try this some day, but I think I'd need a few breaks.
Respect. Felt knackered just watching it.
If I can do it, anyone can. 👊💪
Well done and thanks for sharing. Nice to have it captured on video for posterity too.
That’s thee best footage of this climb I have seen brilliant effort looking at doing this next year just nasty 🤢
Next time I'm going 30 front 32 rear gearing.
Hell yeah! Get in there!
Nice effort lad, you can sneak a 33T ring on a compact if you've a 5 arm crank, that 3% lower gear makes all the difference lol!
These climbs are why I'll never dump the triple, 52/38/24, with a 12-30 I get 21" bottom, yours is about 28" with the 34-32.
At least it wasn't raining and you didn't have to worry about tyre slip!
I'll look into that thanks.
Tony firstly he did awesome,great job.But you seem to understand gearing,my setup is 52-36 and 11-34.If I was in first gear how would this differ from a 50-34 and 11-34.Ie what gear equivalent.Thank in advance.
Great effort, 450w at 4mph says it all. What was your average power? How much did you weigh at the time? It made me laugh when you went into the drops, the futility of trying to get any form of respite, I've been there.
265w for the climb (got a new 20 min watt record on it). 15 stone. I was looking for any way at all to cheat gravity lol. Not fun at all lol.
@@waynejohnson1659 Even more impressive then, I imagine it's a tough climb even as a featherweight.
Great effort
@@waynejohnson1659 that's really good going and especially for being 15 stone 👍💪
Great effort
Nice seeing the data. Didn't see the gradient reach 30% or more though.
I think that's the max grade on the inside of the hairpins, you know how people always big up a climb they did 🤣🤣🤣
Hey thanks for sharing, great effort! I'm thinking of entering next year's c2c and while the distance is obviously daunting I'm more scared by the fact it starts off with Hardknott and Wrynose - I'm a bit worried that's gonna kill me right off the bat. How did it impact the rest of your ride? Any tips on training for this? Cheers mate!
I trained by riding near matlock in derby. and on zwift. If you train hard and do two or three 100 mile sportives you will make it. Its the worst thing ever at the time but the feeling the day after is why we all keep coming back lol.
@@waynejohnson1659 thanks for taking the time Wayne! Yep planning on a turbo heavy winter and hopefully getting some one or two real life centuries done beforehand. Thanks for the advice, take care!
And I thought Ditchling Beacon on a 26 ring with 90 fast kilometres in the legs was bad.
Your breathing in this shows how insane a combination of aerobic capacity and leg strength is needed
I only had 13 miles in my legs when I did hardknott. I was 15 stone and not very bike fit though 🤣🤣
wayne johnson I’ve only been road cycling remotely seriously for about 2 months
@@gamma_dablam have you thought about doing the ctc in a day?
wayne johnson briefly but I don’t think I’m strong enough yet. And my bike isn’t suited at all to brute climbs like Hardknott
@@waynejohnson1659 well ... i'm doing the fred whitton challenge next weekend anx have this to look forward to 🤢
Like a boss...well done!
Well done 👍
Massive effot!!! How was the rest of the ride after such a big climb at the start? I'm almost the same weight and lookinbg to do it next year. Thanks for sharing the vid
It does take it out of you, there is still 135 miles left after hardknott and wrynose. I think it would be a lot more enjoyable with 34 front 34 rear gearing.
wayne johnson yeah it’ll definitely be a huge challenge for me. I’ll probably stick a triple crank on with a granny ring and train on the steepest local hill I can find!!
@@bukarin a tripple crank would be a absolute god send on a ride like this, something i might look into.
Just watched two of your climbs and they looked brutal, chapeau to you. I'm going up to have a go up them in a couple of weeks, planned at 60 mile route taking in the Hardknott and Wrynose, any tips?
Just dig deep and get trough the first half, then make sure to rest on the flat (8% ish lol) in the middle. Because its brutal at the top. If I can get up at 15 stone its definitely do able. After hardknott, wrynose is a really small one.
Great effort-what camera did you use?
Garmin virb ultra 30
Just came across this - well done mate - brutal climb. You were hurling for breath from the beginning but you kept at it. I take it the drops falling across the camera lens were you pissing sweat ? I totally get the side to side up the road.... just a few seconds of easier... just a few.... :) Ride safe
Cheers pal, only thing that kept me going was it didn't look any easier to walk up 😂😂
wayne johnson seems to be true in most cases
Some peoples idea of a day out 😂😂😂😂😂
It was a great day. Brutal but fun lol.
No thanks