Favourite Descents.....

Gregster said:

Mine has got to be either my old stomping ground (Liverpool) of either
:

The Cat and Fiddle down into Buxton
Horseshoe Pass into Llangollen.

Where I live now :

The Fiddlers Elbow (Between Blaenavon and Abergavenny)

It used to be from The Wyche (pass below Worcestershire Beacon) down
into the bottom of Malvern Link but they've put a couple of sets of
traffic lights and a pedestrian crossing on there now so it's a lot
less fun.

Chris
--
Chris Eilbeck
MARS Flight Crew http://www.mars.org.uk/
UKRA #1108 Level 2 UYB
Tripoli UK Member #9527 LSMR

Gregster said:

Mine has got to be either my old stomping ground (Liverpool) of either
:

The Cat and Fiddle down into Buxton
Horseshoe Pass into Llangollen.

Where I live now :

The Fiddlers Elbow (Between Blaenavon and Abergavenny)

Crouch Hill, North London.

Not long, not fast, not high, just good passing a queue of traffic that's
going nowhere fast.

--
Chris

Windows: where do you want your data to disapear to today?

Chris Slade said:

Crouch Hill, North London.

Not long, not fast, not high, just good passing a queue of traffic
that's going nowhere fast.

The hill past the Science Park into Durham City used to be very good
for that too.

Chris
--
Chris Eilbeck
MARS Flight Crew http://www.mars.org.uk/
UKRA #1108 Level 2 UYB
Tripoli UK Member #9527 LSMR

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Quoted message said:

Mine has got to be either my old stomping ground (Liverpool) of either

Every descent is great, it's the climbs I remember. Leckhampton hill is my
favourite all round climb/top/down ...

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Quoted message said:

Mine has got to be ...where I live now :

The Fiddlers Elbow (Between Blaenavon and Abergavenny)

I recently passed along that road, driving behind a roadie - his impressive
speeds were around 45mph! I don't think I'd like to approach some of the
bends at that speed, it's scary enough in a car.

--
MatSav

Down the long side of Holme Moss is excellent for getting some real speed up

--
Arthur Clune

Ashbury Hill on the B4000 was a new to me yesterday and jolly spiffinh it
was too. Other faves include the A458 Wenlock Edge, the A689 off Killhope
and Hartside the A686. The A25 from Newlands Corner towards West Clandon
would have been good too, had I not been overtaken by a wuss in a Peugeot
who proceed to use his brakes all the way down. Bah!

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Three blind mice, see how they run. Is this /really/ the best way to
test shampoo?

The Western descent of Monte Jaizquibel.
Plus Lagos de Covadonga where I'm off to for the Vuelta...
All the best
Dan Gregory

Gregster said:

Mine has got to be either my old stomping ground (Liverpool) of
either
:

The Cat and Fiddle down into Buxton
Horseshoe Pass into Llangollen.

Where I live now :

The Fiddlers Elbow (Between Blaenavon and Abergavenny)

Bath Youth Hostel down into the town. Short, but very exciting in a
brake block smoking sort of way.

--
Dave...

Gregster said:

Mine has got to be either my old stomping ground (Liverpool) of either
:

The Cat and Fiddle down into Buxton

Yea but, no but, from Buxton to Bakewell is seven miles downhill! Also
the road surface is smoother, harder and consequently faster. You also
have the wooded bit that follows the river where you can hear birds
singing and the wind in the trees....It was the start of the third
stage TOB............and my other favourite descent was also on this
stage.........The descent from Upper Broughton to Nether Broughton
(Nottingham to Melton Mowbray road) which I named 'The Beast' a few
years ago (clocked 53mph once). They are both officially Third Cat
climbs too!!
Sean.

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Quoted message said:

Mine has got to be either my old stomping ground (Liverpool) of either
:

The Cat and Fiddle down into Buxton
Horseshoe Pass into Llangollen.

Where I live now :

The Fiddlers Elbow (Between Blaenavon and Abergavenny)

Not big, fast, sweeping or anything, but the one I remember best from this
year was coming down off the Dreva Pass from Broughton towards Stobo. The
view down onto the River Tweed below was superb. Distracting enough that I
was almost too late to brake for one bend.

--
Duncan Gray

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland
www.mountaineering-scotland.org.uk

MatSav said:

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Quoted message said:

Mine has got to be ...where I live now :

The Fiddlers Elbow (Between Blaenavon and Abergavenny)

I recently passed along that road, driving behind a roadie - his
impressive speeds were around 45mph! I don't think I'd like to
approach some of the bends at that speed, it's scary enough in a car.

No, I wouldn't like a car on my tail at 45 mph either. Fortunately, there
haven't been cars behind me when I've ridden close to that speed.

--
Ambrose

Ambrose Nankivell said:

No, I wouldn't like a car on my tail at 45 mph either. Fortunately,
there haven't been cars behind me when I've ridden close to that speed.

I do love it when they try and follow me at 35ish round the bend on
Speech House Hill in the Dean Forest though!
Not a dry seat in their cars!
:-))
Dan Gregory

Gregster said:

Mine has got to be either my old stomping ground (Liverpool) of either
:

The Cat and Fiddle down into Buxton
Horseshoe Pass into Llangollen.

Any one preceded by a cable car ascent rather than all that wheezing and
puffing ;-)
--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

in message <[email hidden]>, Tony Raven

(') said:

Gregster said:

Mine has got to be either my old stomping ground (Liverpool) of either

The Cat and Fiddle down into Buxton
Horseshoe Pass into Llangollen.

Any one preceded by a cable car ascent rather than all that wheezing
and puffing ;-)

Nope. Using motor power to get to the top is motorsport, it isn't
cycling. If you didn't climb using your own muscles, you
haven't /earned/ the descent.

Me? Oh, possibly the Old Edinburgh Road here:
<URL:http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=250725&y=573645&z=3>

But Talnotrie Hill on the Kirroughtrie black route takes a lot of beating
(and usually give is, too).

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

The trouble with Simon is that he only opens his mouth to change feet.
;; of me, by a 'friend'

Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Tony Raven

(') said:

Any one preceded by a cable car ascent rather than all that wheezing
and puffing ;-)

Nope. Using motor power to get to the top is motorsport, it isn't
cycling. If you didn't climb using your own muscles, you
haven't /earned/ the descent.

I shall henceforth log my skiing as motorsport ;-)

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

Tony Raven said:

Simon Brooke wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Nope. Using motor power to get to the top is motorsport, it isn't
cycling. If you didn't climb using your own muscles, you
haven't /earned/ the descent.

I shall henceforth log my skiing as motorsport ;-)

And any sky-diving you may be tempted to indulge in of course.

--
Dave...

Simon Brooke said:

Me? Oh, possibly the Old Edinburgh Road here:
<URL:http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=250725&y=573645&z=3>

But Talnotrie Hill on the Kirroughtrie black route takes a lot
of beating (and usually give is, too).

My local off road favourite is:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=320570&y=664850&z=3&sv=320500,664500&st=4&ar=Y

It used to be better until they sanitised it, though the path did need
repairing quite badly in places.
--
the.Mark