South London Hills

#cycling #groupride #hillclimbing

I could’ve easily stayed home but in the words of Chris Tarrant ‘you don’t wanna do that’ because this group ride was practically on my doorstep!

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do you there and then or do you so what are you saying you’re saying that I love are you recording but wait are you saying that it’s my first love I’ll ever okay but is it the fact that you skating so much now you forgotten how to ride a bike we’ll find out today yeah [Music] top of the morning to honor top of the morning to honor this week it’s not typical [Music] uh yeah so this week is not going to be a typical Saturday morning ride I’m going to be riding up some of Southeast London’s steepest [Music] Hills guys look back with none other than Harvey Hills that’s it that’s it that’s it he’s going to be in his element today because we’re doing carnaby boy up and down we’re doing Hills h p pipe out of Sor Mr Harvey Hills himself good morning good morning everybody I’m skating times oh you def you’ve defected to the other sideo so where are you SK do you skate there and then skate or do you ride so what are you saying you saying that I love are you recording but wait are you saying that it’s my first love I’ll ever do okay but is it the fact that you skating so much now you forgotten how to ride a bike we’re fighting out today yeah morning morning hi [Music] Luna me [Music] then slow it down a bit we’ve lost half of the group oh Lord the temperatures dropped suddenly man and I can’t be riding at this like 6 seven miles an hour man oh this is awful but I know as soon as we hit those heels that heart rate is going to slap my body temperature it’s going to go straight up y uh this is so nice just riding off the Beaten Track not riding on those busy sometimes dangerous main roads where are we we are currently Southeast 16 uh s kees area I think this is [Music] I was wrong we’re in um Bay and we’re just about to pass milw football club on the right [Music] yeah look it’s Jessica hello how are you the prodical daughter has returned on temp we now in a new cross shortly coming up to our first hill Oh Lord there it goes not even how many miles are we in not not me we’re about what 3 miles in l Hold up go toilet someone wants to go toilet already toilet they usually I don’t know how big S is a little longer than a few minutes later Maran said Here Come the empty [Music] bladders now now Jess Jessica embrace it here we go at the first Hill jham Road see all at the top and there goes Richie hary Hills he’s more than halfway at the top already meanwhile our Slow Coaches are just taking our time woo oh one Hill down not sure how many to go so journey and Road Harvey called it uh appetizer ah yes the sun is out I can feel the temperature getting up yes [Music] fi so Matthew tell the people what area we’re in uh we’re in South London Crystal Palace Crystal Palace I have no idea southon somewhere I thought you were an Arsenal supporter I’m a North I was oh but okay you’re North London so I’ll let I’ll let you off so we’re actually in the area that um Ian right grew up in this is where we grew up around here no there like turn we’re actually in kind of like broccoli on a rock area uh we’re coming up to the infamous Cannon V road I don’t know what the percentage is on this one but it’s very steep very very steep I failed at my first attempt going up manage it on my second attempt so today is my third time going see how we get on give me strength give me strength this one’s a killer this one’s for all the mountain goats I don’t know if the um this video is doing it justice but just ahead we rolled Ben the left and that’s where the incline gets up look see someone’s already got off their bike [Music] [Applause] [Music] tell [Music] [Music] if you like what [Music] you [Music] [Applause] [Music] w [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh gosh the funny thing is funny thing is that didn’t seem didn’t feel as steep as the last time I did it no but I’m feeling it though you finished we made it though so this is the top of Cannon be Road look at those views I’m trying to get my breath back look look at the gradient you can’t even see where the road dips or how steep it dips that’s how steep it is yeah you can take a picture in a minute just came up this road and there’s a little section at the end that’s to steeper than Cannon be road that we just rode someone’s whizzing up it whoever this hary HS what’s going on you’re at the top that’s the main thing okay I’m dead oh my gosh all right so we’re now going back up Cannon B Road we’re going back up the other side though which I think is steeper than the side we came up originally yo what what happened guys fit what happened oh your gar look at Richie big smile all right just came back up that and it wasn’t as bad as I expected although the the gradient seems steeper which I think you can just about see from here um I attacked it from the bottom had a little bit of a momentum going into that which kind of helped I’m learning slowly but surely but with this cycling game sometimes you can talk yourself out of things that you can actually do if we just give it a try and I found that to be the case with cycling and heel climbing cuz I hate heel climbing with a passion but I found that after I’ve tackled something after one or two tries it’s not as bad as I first thought it thought it would be then I just St like okay dude you’re not allowed to talk to me like that no one talks to me like that so the moral of that story is when you’re talking yourself out of doing something that you can do slap yourself Carla his wife yeah look Mar that’s his wife Carla is his side piece okay oh and I must say she looks very clean today hary she was clean from last week oh really yeah after got cuss off by D yeah you see I B my bike turn it upside down to get any water out stem like that get my just wipe it down they rolling rolling roll God have mercy upon us oh I don’t know what this world is called but look you can see how steep it is a lot of people go on about North London Hills but to be quite honest I think the South Lon Hills are even harder they’re a different level because there are so many Hills tightly packed into such a small area that you’ll come off one Hill go down turn the Cor somewhere and before you know it you’re at another [Music] Hill [Music] I think we got one or two more Hills to go and then I’m going to peel off while the others head back to London Bridge I’m going to go home cuz I don’t live too far from where we currently are we are in sydon at the moment heading towards Crystal Palace and then from there those that live in North and East London they heading back to London Bridge where as I’m from South so I’m about a mile and a half from where um the last Hill is always on the group where you been par are you there it feels like AG since I saw you seen long my business cross I got a bike oh oh wow it’s new bike is it yeah side m [Laughter] cuz I’m not that way I like that one we’re on the last hill [Music] now [Music] is it morning it that’s the last one for me what’s that Crystal Palace Park Road yeahoo long time these lot head back to London Bridge I’m going around the corner another mile and a half and I’ll be [Music] home out man that was good man that was good all right have a good weekend [Music] yeah [Music]