{"id":236,"date":"2020-02-24T10:05:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T10:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=236"},"modified":"2020-02-24T10:05:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T10:05:32","slug":"barnesbury-cc-hillclimb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=236","title":{"rendered":"Barnesbury CC Hillclimb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Wheelygood Rating: Easy<\/li><li>Length: 0.43 miles<\/li><li>Avg. gradient: 10%<\/li><li>Strava Segment: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/2529465\">https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/2529465<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"405\" width=\"960\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/2529465\/embed\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Another of the local hillclimbs &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/barnesbury-cc.co.uk\/\">Barnesbury Cycling Club<\/a> this time<sup id=\"rf1-236\"><a href=\"#fn1-236\" title=\"As a random idea, you can ride five of them in a single ride &#8211; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=45&quot;&gt;Hedley Hill&lt;\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=55&quot;&gt;Prospect Hill&lt;\/a&gt;, Whittonstall, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=112&quot;&gt;Tyneside Vagabonds&lt;\/a&gt; and Barnesbury &#8211; although you&#8217;re likely to be cursing me if you try it\u2026\" rel=\"footnote\">1<\/a><\/sup>.  It&#8217;s situated at the West end of Sandhoe and goes up pretty much from the start line.  And when I say up, I really mean it &#8211; it&#8217;s a very steep start, so pick your gear with that in mind.  Once you&#8217;ve done that, you can give it the beans from the start up the first of the two ramps, picking your line as you go &#8211; the road surface on this one is \u2026 tricky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around the corner, the road begins to flatten just a bit and, then, a little further on, flattens completely.  If, like me, you&#8217;re just in this to ride the climbs, then this is a perfect place for a recovery.  If, however, you&#8217;re racing then you&#8217;ll need to keep the pressure on as much as you dare whilst keeping just a little bit back for the final push.  it&#8217;s lumpy and bumpy along here, so hang on to the bike as best you can!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of you, you&#8217;ll see the road tip skywards again and, as the slope gently builds, you&#8217;ll see daylight, and it&#8217;s that daylight which represents your escape from this particular climb.  That&#8217;s the top up there!  Between you and, it, though, is the hillclimb equivalent of barbed wire fencing: a pretty steep, bumpy, gravelly, slippery piece of road.  If you made it up the first ramp, you&#8217;ll make it up this one &#8211; it&#8217;s a question of momentum over the lumps and traction everywhere else.  Just keep it turning &#8211; the prize is <em>right there<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you pop out of the forest the road flattens and you can breathe a sligh of relief<sup id=\"rf2-236\"><a href=\"#fn2-236\" title=\"Or sprint like a good &#8216;un to the finish line, of course!\" rel=\"footnote\">2<\/a><\/sup> as you&#8217;re done.  Good effort &#8211; another hillclimb course done and dusted!<\/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=\"Barnesbury CC Hilclimb\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_A1cUVHUKq8U\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/A1cUVHUKq8U\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A1cUVHUKq8U\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M20S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-01-13T18:55:55.000Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_A1cUVHUKq8U\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/A1cUVHUKq8U\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Barnesbury CC Hilclimb<\/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\/A1cUVHUKq8U\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/A1cUVHUKq8U\/0.jpg?resize=640%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Barnesbury CC Hilclimb\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Go on, you know you want to... - more information here: https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=236 Strava Segment: https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/2529465 Wheelygood Rating: Easy Length: 0.43 miles Avg. gradient: 10%\"><\/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=236\"\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=\"fn1-236\"><p >As a random idea, you can ride five of them in a single ride &#8211; 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