{"id":300,"date":"2020-02-29T12:57:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T12:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=300"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:02:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:02:45","slug":"ragpath-lane-simon-warren-cycling-climbs-of-the-north-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"Ragpath Lane &#8211; Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>SW Rating: 4\/10<\/li><li>Wheelygood Rating: Easy<\/li><li>Length: 0.96 miles<\/li><li>Avg. gradient: 6%<\/li><li>Category:    4<\/li><li>Strava Segment: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/19593724\">https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/19593724<\/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\/19593724\/embed'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the last climbs of the, sadly missed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/996572\">Durham Beast<\/a> sportive.  In and of itself, it&#8217;s not massively difficult, but, by the time you&#8217;d got there on The Beast, you were pretty much cooked and the top part felt like trying to pedal up the Hoover Dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It begins easily enough &#8211; just an easy drag up past some fields and a farm.  Nothing to write home about, really.  But, as you ride, you&#8217;ll feel the gradient just inching itself up bit by bit.  Once you hit the farm the inches become a bit bigger and it&#8217;s time to start thinking about your choice of gear, because, from experience, I can tell you that it&#8217;s not going to relent between here and the top.  The first part of the real ramp is also fine &#8211; it&#8217;s a nice, steady, alpine-like experience, but with less altitude sickness and more trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The road bends left and then things really do kick off.  The slope humps itself up into double digits and you&#8217;ll have to start working for it now.  By the time you get to the top you&#8217;ll be looking at 15%<sup id=\"rf1-300\"><a href=\"#fn1-300\" title=\"I know, I know, compared to some of County Durham, let alone Yorkshire or the Lake District, this is pretty gentle!\" rel=\"footnote\">1<\/a><\/sup> and a road surface which Does Not Help In The Slightest.  You&#8217;ll need to deploy a little self-encouragement to get to the top, although it helps that you can see where that is from a decent way out: where the trees stop on the right hand side, so does the climb.  Just keep the cranks turning over until you get there\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>..and then relax with another Good Job Done!<\/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=\"Ragpath Lane - Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North East\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_itUto00O6O4\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/itUto00O6O4\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itUto00O6O4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M54S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-01-18T20:13:29.000Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_itUto00O6O4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/itUto00O6O4\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Ragpath Lane - 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\/itUto00O6O4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/itUto00O6O4\/0.jpg?resize=640%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ragpath Lane - 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=\"One of the easier County Durham climbs - more information here: https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/ Strava Segment: https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/16241264 Route: https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/1024660 SW Rating: 3\/10 Wheelygood Rating: Easy Length: 0.69 miles Avg. gradient: 7% Category: 4\"><\/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=300\"\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=\"fn1-300\"><p >I know, I know, compared to some of County Durham, let alone Yorkshire or the Lake District, this is pretty gentle!&nbsp;<a href=\"#rf1-300\" class=\"backlink\" title=\"Return to footnote 1.\">&#8617;<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beast strikes again &#8211; 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