{"id":26,"date":"2019-12-30T13:07:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T13:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=26"},"modified":"2020-05-29T14:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:49:44","slug":"silverhills-simon-warren-159","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Silverhills &#8211; Simon Warren #159"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>SW Rating: 3\/10<\/li><li>Wheelygood Rating: Easy<\/li><li>Length: 1.41 miles<\/li><li>Avg. gradient: 5% <\/li><li>Strava Segment: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/16398509\">https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/16398509<\/a> <\/li><li>Route: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/993220\">https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/993220<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/16398509\/embed\" width=\"960\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m never quite sure what to make of Silverhills.  On paper, it&#8217;s not that hard and, in reality, it&#8217;s not that hard either, but it always feels difficult whilst I&#8217;m riding it.  It&#8217;s another one with \u2026 interesting \u2026 road quality in places, but don&#8217;t let that put you off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s located on a road which is, somehow, pretty quiet despite starting from the roundabout off the A1 at the Eastern end of Teams Valley.  It can be a bit tricky to get to, particularly if you&#8217;re coming at it from the West as there isn&#8217;t really a way to manage it without hitting some busy roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The start of the Silverhills ascent is on a reasonably decent, wide, road and you&#8217;ll wonder what all the fuss was about.  This wonderment will be curtailed on the first ramp: it looks easy enough, but it does hit 13% and you&#8217;ll pay for it later if you try to muscle over the top with too much gusto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From there, you begin to wind into the trees and the road starts to get progressively narrower.  This mid-section of the climb doesn&#8217;t really have much to say about it, other than to note it&#8217;s one of those draggy sections and you just need to keep turning the pedals as you&#8217;ll get there eventually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main event here starts just as you pass a small farm on the right where equestrian services are available: note that it&#8217;s not uncommon to meet horses and riders on this section, so take care.  This is especially true as the gradient really ramps up on the left hander &#8211; the road has shrunk to about 1-1\/2 car widths and there&#8217;s a horrible, lumpy, section of tarmac taking up the left 1\/3 of the carriageway.  In an ideal world, you&#8217;d ride up this in the middle of the road, but you may not get the choice if there&#8217;s traffic.  It&#8217;s my least favourite part of this climb, simply because there&#8217;s nowhere to go and, for whatever reason, car drivers always seem surprised to see a cyclist here and, from my own experience, don&#8217;t expect any mercy from them\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once around the corner, you can deploy your main effort up the straight ramp which follows.  This is the steepest part of the climb and I&#8217;d try to ride as much of it seated as you can manage: with all the tree cover, the road never really dries out and traction can be at a premium, especially in the damper months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once up to the top of this, you&#8217;ve essentially, finished.   It&#8217;s a flat section, followed by a small grade for the last 30m to the junction at the end.  Stop, have a rest and take in the view &#8211; another one done!<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Silverhills - Simon Warren #159\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_AYHdJKQTgJM\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AYHdJKQTgJM\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AYHdJKQTgJM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT9M4S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-12-29T16:52:33Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_AYHdJKQTgJM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AYHdJKQTgJM\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Silverhills - Simon Warren #159<\/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\/AYHdJKQTgJM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AYHdJKQTgJM\/0.jpg?resize=640%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Silverhills - Simon Warren #159\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Ride up Simon Warren&#039;s Another 100 Greatest Climbs #159, Silverhills, with me. 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