{"id":231,"date":"2020-02-22T17:14:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T17:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=231"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:07:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:07:41","slug":"bollihope-common-simon-warren-cycling-climbs-of-the-north-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=231","title":{"rendered":"Bollihope Common &#8211; Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>S\/W Rating: 7\/10<\/li><li>Wheelygood Rating: Easy<\/li><li>Length: 2.23 miles<\/li><li>Avg. gradient: 6%<\/li><li>Category:    3<\/li><li>Strava Segment: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/19601432\">https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/19601432<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='960' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/19601432\/embed'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Long and drawn out, that&#8217;s the simplest description of Bollihope Common.  It&#8217;s only &#8216;little&#8217; in the sense that it&#8217;s never particularly steep, but it&#8217;s a proper climb all the same.  The steepest section, in fact, is the very first bend and, if you&#8217;ve come down from the top of Unthank Bank then you&#8217;ll probably have sufficient momentum to power your way up this bit.  If you can, I would.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once round the corner you can settle into the first part of the climb proper, which is a nice, steady, &#8216;drag&#8217; in the alpine spirit, i.e. 6-7-8%.  It&#8217;s very much a rhythm climb and one you can settle into, with one caveat.  The wind.  It&#8217;s very exposed up here and the prevailing wind is South-Westerly so there&#8217;s a good chance you&#8217;ll be battling it all the way to the top (and, on some days, all the way down the other side too.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assuming the wind isn&#8217;t so strong it either (a) prevents forward motion or (b) blows you straight off the side of the road<sup id=\"rf1-231\"><a href=\"#fn1-231\" title=\"I&#8217;ve seen this happen on a neighbouring hill during a sportive when one rider was blown across both sides of the road into the verge by a 70mph gust.  It can be &lt;em&gt;very, very&lt;\/em&gt; windy up here\" rel=\"footnote\">1<\/a><\/sup> then, technically, it&#8217;s a very straightforward climb.  Winch your way up the first part, taking care that your doors remain on their hinges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a proper descent in the middle to break it up.  Assuming you have the chance of some respite, take it &#8211; the second part of the climb is that bit longer and that bit steeper too.  The very bottom is much like the section you&#8217;ve already completed, but it ramps up into the 10% region further up and stays there until you, finally, drag yourself over the crest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kudos for making it up this one, particularly if you&#8217;ve also had to fight the weather!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there are any other road climbs you&#8217;d like me to take on, the more ridiculous the better, then please send me a message on my FaceBook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wheelygoodcycling\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wheelygoodcycling\/<\/a> or email me on <a href=\"mailto:wheelygoodmail@gmail.com\">wheelygoodmail@gmail.com<\/a> and let me know\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Bollihope Common - Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North East\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_YGkaMv6SBOo\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YGkaMv6SBOo\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YGkaMv6SBOo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT16M38S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-01-23T16:43:29.000Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_YGkaMv6SBOo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YGkaMv6SBOo\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Bollihope Common - Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North East<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YGkaMv6SBOo\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YGkaMv6SBOo\/0.jpg?resize=640%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bollihope Common - Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North East\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North East Strava Segment: https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/19601432 S\/W Rating: 7\/10 Wheelygood Rating: Easy Length: 2.23 miles Avg. gradient: 6% Category: 3\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=231\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  <hr class=\"footnotes\"><ol class=\"footnotes\" style=\"list-style-type:decimal\"><li id=\"fn1-231\"><p >I&#8217;ve seen this happen on a neighbouring hill during a sportive when one rider was blown across both sides of the road into the verge by a 70mph gust.  It can be <em>very, very<\/em> windy up here&nbsp;<a href=\"#rf1-231\" class=\"backlink\" title=\"Return to footnote 1.\">&#8617;<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unthank Bank&#8217;s &#8216;little&#8217; brother, but don&#8217;t be fooled&#8230;come see why&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,17,9],"tags":[2,7,6,4,5],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wheelygood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bollihope-Common.png?fit=762%2C300&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}