How to cycle up a STEEP hill. 5 tips! Ft Bushcombe Lane 

Well done

Some good tips 👍🚴

Luv your video! At 65 I'll get some assist for the very step hills with my new e-assist Creo 2 where we live in Ontario . Done the hills and mountains on my steel frame Marinoni touring bike and as the stoker on our steel frame touring tandem through Europe, US, Cuba and Canada where we live. My captain isn't ready for an e-assist bike. Lol We're thinking of the Lands End John O'Groates Route in the future on the tandem. First the Danube this year. Cheers! 😊

This is toughest hill in country a absolute beast!! Great effort.

Or you do what I do if you have Addisons disease you get off and walk a bit but don't give up

Rode that hill about 10 times it was always the 1st hill on the Cotswold Corker back in the 90s & 2000s. Only managed to ride up it without stopping two times. As the ride was usually late Feb it was often wet or icy leading to rear wheel spin. The 2 times I was successful it was bone dry.

Tip no 1.1 for climbing get yourself a set of low profile tyres, as that's impacting gearing as much as the cassette and the chain rings.

There's a hill in my neighborhood that I'm unable to climb despite my low gearing (38t chainring, 48t cassette). It's so steep when I put enough power in to move forward, the bike wheelies and I can't stay straight. I know it's a skill issue, I need to practice standing up at low speeds to get my weight forward on the bike and keep the front down.

What camera system are you using for this. Enjoyed the video

Just fyi it’s pronounced “Bush Cum Lane”. It’s a killer hill so well done for doing it.

I use triple chainring. So i have a 30 x 28. I am. Very overweight so 15 percent peak gradient max on short distance

42/52 downtube shfter crew in the house...😃

Or get yourself a mid drive e-bike. Fantastic on steep hills and you still get your heart rate up which it’s all about.

At 64 and over 15 stone i think i will give that one a miss lol!!

when u sais u went away and built power how did you do that??

Get a quality ebike. Critics generally do not realise an ebike is an assist bike.(not in the USA) It is not motorised in that it does not have a throttle - it only assists when you pedal. The rider determines the workload in the SETTINGS setup where typically system ON/OFF/Mode1/Mode2/Mode3 selection and percentages are selected. The system auto selects OFF at 25 km/hr - which over-rides the system setting. There is a weight penalty as the system weighs ~3.8 kgs. So all things considered an ebike can actually be harder to ride - on a flat course for example because of the assist cut out and weight penalty. Personally I use an aluminium x-35 hub ebike in summer (hilly location/ mid-tropical 35+ summer temps) and a unassisted carbon 12 speed in winter. There is an average speed difference over the exact same hilly course - but that is totally irrelevant. I ride everywhere on Heart Rate/Cadence/Distance/Time - in that order of importance. btw...Top marks Andrew. I wouldn't attempt even walking up that hill. I couldn't ride up it - ebike assisted or otherwise. A motorbike? - too reckless whilst wreck possible. As a airline pilot in a former life I used to fly over places like that - enjoyed the view.

Or get yourself an electric moped (chEat bike) and be a lazy