Britain's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs

The next one was Yorks Hill:
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r299/crunchydog_2006/yorkshill.jpg

This isn't quite so long. There's about a mile of climbing at an average of 8%, but again, this really doesn't tell the story at all. The 'road' is a narrow lane filled with mud and grit and holes and it just gets steeper and steeper. It ends up twisting and turning through a wooded area with steep grassy banks on either side of the road. Looking at the map I made it about 15% for the last 500 metre, but the book says it's 18% and this interesting article: http://www.rapha.cc/ride-to-the-catford-hill-climb claims it reaches 24%. Whatever it was, it was a miserable, lung-breaking grind. I looked at my computer at one point and my speed was 5.4mph.

It's used each year in October for the Catford Hill Climb:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/audioslideshow/2010/oct/11/catford-cycling-club-hill-climb-classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PNvxBtxLME

proper pain face there:
http://www.rapha.cc/images/catford_hc-5.jpg

My own face of pain:
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r299/crunchydog_2006/yorkshillnear.jpg

seeing ppl racing w/out helmets looks odd to me now.