{"id":282,"date":"2020-02-29T11:27:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T11:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=282"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:06:16","slug":"buttons-bank-simon-warren-cycling-climbs-of-the-north-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"Button&#8217;s Bank &#8211; Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>SW Rating: 3\/10<\/li><li>Wheelygood Rating: Easy<\/li><li>Length: 0.69 miles<\/li><li>Avg. gradient: 7%<\/li><li>Category:    4<\/li><li>Strava Segment: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/16241264\">https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/16241264<\/a><\/li><li>Route:    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/1024660\">https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/1024660<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='960' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/16241264\/embed'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting in the village of Waterhouses, this pull winds its way through the trees pretty steadily to the top of the ridge.  Once you&#8217;ve crossed the bridge which marks the bottom of the ascent, it ramps up steadily into its preferred position of about 11%.  I know the video shows it hitting well over 20, but that&#8217;s a trick of the weather conditions on the day as it really doesn&#8217;t get that steep.  It was pretty windy which was fooling my Edge&#8217;s barometric altimeter something rotten.  I know I could elevation correct the data, but with the other problems of the sun glare and scraping chain noise I&#8217;ll go back and ride it again.  <em>[Any excuse! &#8211; Ed]<\/em>  Once it&#8217;s reached its preferred gradient, it pretty much stays there for the majority of the climb and you just have to work with it.  Think of it as a good indicator of the ramps on the Passo Giau, the middle section of Ventoux from Bedoin or the top of the Galibier: if you can ride this, then these three are just a matter of stringing a few of them together<sup id=\"rf1-282\"><a href=\"#fn1-282\" title=\"Um, yeah.  &#8216;Just&#8217;.\" rel=\"footnote\">1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike a lot of Simon Warren climbs, this one&#8217;s on a reasonably busy road so you&#8217;ll need to keep your wits about you as the traffic isn&#8217;t really expecting to find a cyclist riding up at an order or magnitude lower speed than they are.  That said, so long as you keep to a proper position towards the left of the road and don&#8217;t wander around in the carriageway you should be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s not a lot more to be said, really &#8211; turn the pedals knowing that it&#8217;s not going to get any worse and, as you bear around a right hander, the gradient will slacken a little.  And, then, around the final left hander, it slackens completely and you&#8217;ll know you&#8217;re done.  If you need a rest, though, please keep going to the small turning on the left where I stopped &#8211; it&#8217;ll keep you out of the way of the traffic.  It&#8217;s not a bad spot for taking the odd photo on a nice day too to remind yourself of another successful ascent!<\/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=\"Button&amp;#039;s Bank - Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North East\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_Dku4P54Jy2s\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Dku4P54Jy2s\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dku4P54Jy2s\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M56S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-01-18T19:01:28.000Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_Dku4P54Jy2s\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Dku4P54Jy2s\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Button&#039;s Bank - 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