I stopped off to ride some steep climbs in North Wales en route to the UCI Gravel event in Scotland! Simon Warren’s 100Climbs book has Hope Mountain listed, but only 2100 people have ridden it.
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16 Comments
Great video Ed ,what are the glasses your wearing in the video?🤔
Nice video Ed
Classic climbs of North Wales 🙂
Live in Hope die in Caergwrle, that's what we say in Wrexham, I wish I had known you were local to Me.
Good luck in the race. M.
If you want steep hairpins, try Afon Ddu in the Conwy Valley. 700m of pure nightmare inducing hell.
I mentioned Mynydd yr Hôb a couple of weeks ago, it's my regular climbing spot and I often spend an hour or so going up down and around the mountain. I guess I'm a 1 in 1300 cyclist, which is nice. The Dee path is a nice way to kill a few hours and rack up the car free kms.
nice one Ed
Good luck for the gravel race.
I'm looking forward to seeing your experience with the gravel race. And, you have convinced me that I need some slacker gear in ng on my road bike…..
Nice video.👍 The views from the top of Hope Mountain are stunning on a clear day.
Way more than 1300 cyclists have rode those roads, especially if you are local, and in the old day on 39 / 25.
Everested Hope Mountain a few years back. Got a special place in my heart that one
Afon Ddu video Ed 😅
10-15% average had me LMAO… that rest time in the mountain province Ph. try more than 3 times that EVERYWHERE.
Did I hear squeaking brakes?