{"id":529,"date":"2020-05-14T19:30:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=529"},"modified":"2020-05-17T17:05:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T16:05:19","slug":"skinningrove-bank-simon-warren-cycling-climbs-of-the-north-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=529","title":{"rendered":"Skinningrove Bank &#8211; Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>SW Rating: 5\/10<\/li><li>Wheelygood Rating: Hard<\/li><li>Length: 0.62 miles<\/li><li>Avg. gradient: 10%<\/li><li>Category: 4<\/li><li>Strava Segment: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/19593433\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/19593433<\/a><\/li><li>Route: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/1122291\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/1122291<\/a><\/li><li>Parking: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk\/resident\/parking\/car-parks\/Pages\/Saltburn-Car-Parks.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Cat Nab car park<\/a> in Saltburn<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"width:100%;height:600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/veloviewer.com\/segments\/19593433\/embed2?units=i\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>This feels like another Yorkshire coast special: straight up the side of the hill from the seaside to the top of the Moors with nothing really in the middle. However, it isn&#8217;t. Quite. It comes under Redcar and Cleveland which means it&#8217;s just around the corner\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the climbs begins, you look directly out to sea and, on a nice day, you couldn&#8217;t wish for anything nicer. Blue sky, the odd frothy top to a wave and the small of salt in the air. Turn right, however, and all of this vanishes abruptly. When I mentioned straight up the side of the hill, well, that&#8217;s exactly what I meant. The road turns and then <em>goes straight up the side of the hill<\/em>. It&#8217;s cheaper than building hairpins, I suppose. If you think it feels vicious, that&#8217;s because it is, hitting well over 20% until you reach the small shack on the right by which time the gradient will have, roughly, halved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This shack also gives you a good view of where you&#8217;re headed and, no, that&#8217;s not a joke. I&#8217;d recommend doing your best to relax in this, short, section, which isn&#8217;t quite as daft as it sounds: the relative lack of gradient will mean that it does feel easy &#8211; at least in comparison to the section you&#8217;ve just ridden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once clear of the shack, you&#8217;ll continue to to get a slightly lessened gradient for, ooh, about 20m and then it&#8217;ll ramp back up again. Fortunately this isn&#8217;t to the same levels as earlier, but it&#8217;s enough to put a serious dent in your progress all the way to the crest that you could see earlier on. It&#8217;s worth putting the effort in to get yourself over this crest, because (a) you&#8217;ll get a proper rest on the false flat and (b) you&#8217;ve done the worst of it now. In other words, if you can make it to here, then you&#8217;ll make it to the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exactly as you&#8217;d expect, the road tips up again not too long after this, but it&#8217;s a lot more manageable, just touching double figures for the next hundred metres, or so. It does save a bit of a spike for the last section before the <em>next<\/em> crest, though, so don&#8217;t worry if that speed starts to drop off again. Yes, it <em>is<\/em> getting steeper again: not quite to that 20%, but close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having crested this, er, crest, it&#8217;s one final straight drag up to the junction which represents the top of the climb. It&#8217;s not far and nor is it steep, but, given what you&#8217;ve just ridden, it is likely to be quite hard work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once at the junction, stop, collect yourself and bask in the knowledge of that you&#8217;ve bested another pretty tough Yorkshire climb!<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wheelygoodcycling\/\" target=\"_blank\">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=\"Skinningrove Bank - Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North East\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_j2KLaa7xHWg\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/j2KLaa7xHWg\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j2KLaa7xHWg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT7M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-03-15T17:37:27Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_j2KLaa7xHWg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/j2KLaa7xHWg\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Skinningrove Bank - 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