Start: GR 473626 Finish: GR 475640
Height Gain: 133m Horizontal Distance: 2.1km
I have to grant that I've been looking forward to this climb with some trepidation. Having first met it after doing Cleeve Hill Road, and having been terrified for my son at the pace he came down it, I saw this as a serious challenge. It may be short, but it does do steep.
The first section along School Road up to the cross roads is easy enough, the left turn you need to make at them provides a very short flat and then turn right into the meat of Wrington Hill itself. Analysis of BikeRoteToaster shows that this first section is 1:6.5, believable as it's steep but well in the do-able range (and this on a 39 tooth chain drive - see later blog) but there's only 225m of it so you just push on through. There follows an easier section, still about 1:9 but easy compared with that bottom section, before the hard left bend at the top. I found I had to go onto the wrong side of the road here, the gradient on the inside of the bend is just too steep, but the outside is OK and you can see that there are no cars coming down! There follows a gradual rise for a bit more than a further km but you've done the hard bit - a 100m climb in 1km. Wrington Hill is conquered - 3 months to be concerned by it and under 10 minutes to get up.
Rating: Too short to be rated very good - but hard enough to give a feeling of victory when you vanquish it. The drop down Cleeve Hill Road needs treating with care as the road is rough and a bit loose.
DP
Height Gain: 133m Horizontal Distance: 2.1km
I have to grant that I've been looking forward to this climb with some trepidation. Having first met it after doing Cleeve Hill Road, and having been terrified for my son at the pace he came down it, I saw this as a serious challenge. It may be short, but it does do steep.
The first section along School Road up to the cross roads is easy enough, the left turn you need to make at them provides a very short flat and then turn right into the meat of Wrington Hill itself. Analysis of BikeRoteToaster shows that this first section is 1:6.5, believable as it's steep but well in the do-able range (and this on a 39 tooth chain drive - see later blog) but there's only 225m of it so you just push on through. There follows an easier section, still about 1:9 but easy compared with that bottom section, before the hard left bend at the top. I found I had to go onto the wrong side of the road here, the gradient on the inside of the bend is just too steep, but the outside is OK and you can see that there are no cars coming down! There follows a gradual rise for a bit more than a further km but you've done the hard bit - a 100m climb in 1km. Wrington Hill is conquered - 3 months to be concerned by it and under 10 minutes to get up.
Rating: Too short to be rated very good - but hard enough to give a feeling of victory when you vanquish it. The drop down Cleeve Hill Road needs treating with care as the road is rough and a bit loose.
DP
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