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14 Comments
Big fan of the overlay – wish I could set my Garmin up like that!
Brill ride Ed 👍 (thanks for reminding me of my one and only time up there.)
I did col de la loze from the bottom this summer. Strava had only recorded 589 people riding up it. 95 people in my age group . I’ve been riding since 1978 and it’s the hardest climb I have ever done!
Fantastic, really enjoyed this video. Great ride. Like to see more like this, as i'm sure many others would.
Really enjoy the hill climbing videos, I found a hard climb near me yesterday, it was too hard for me, I ran out of gears and couldn't make it up. If anyone is up for a challenge and is in the area, it starts at shibden mill inn, up Blake hill and across to howes lane, it's not long (just over 1km) but it was too hard for me, I'd love to see a clip of someone completing it.
Great video Ed , live near it and still too nervous to do it 🫣👍
The golf ball is a radar for air traffic control
Ed, I love the video, but I don't agree with your comment about the tailwind not helping on the steeper sections. The first time I did it back in 92, I felt disappointed because the tailwind made it too easy. 😠
Nice. Algo algo
You are a beast 💪💪
You made that look so easy. Chapeau 👏👏👏
Hey Ed, what do you use for overlay software?
That's a flippin beautiful climb mate. You say you dropped off power at the end, and kinda bummed about it, but to me you paced that to perfection. You put the power down where it was needed: at the steep part. Everything after that is mostly 6% where the gains would've been much smaller with 30-40w more vs where you actually put that down. If you put it all out there, I don't think you should've done anything different pacing wise.
And then the speed you are doing on the 16% gradients is just 🤯 Hope we'll be able to do another vacation in the UK in a year or 2 (some other things planned first), and I'd love to ride this one, though I'm not sure I'll make it up there without stopping. >10% gradients are still well beyond 110% FTP for me.
When I see a rider in front of me I can't help adding more power to overtake them…