The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". Join James as he tackles the brutal gradients of the 1931 National Hillclimb Championships and see how close he can get to that Strava KOM. Botley Hill Farmhouse (pub open Sunday from 9:30 am) 15. It's one, however, you can tie in with Carter's and Bayleys before getting to Sevenoaks as fast as you can to get some respite from the lorries that roar past far too close for comfort. Averaging seven per cent for the whole climb, expect to experience 14 per cent as the road cuts its way along the ridge. It will feel like that hard section will never end - it's about 400m - but Sundridge does ease up eventually. We use cookies on our website to collect relevant data to enhance your visit. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.It is a special case of the slope, where zero indicates horizontality.A larger number indicates higher or steeper degree of "tilt". The course is a straight out-and-back (that is, 20km out, a turn-around, and then 20km back for a total of 40km) and one of the flattest in the country, with only 30 meters of drop over 20km for an average gradient of .0015 (0.15%). That is, the sloping part labelled c in the diagram below.. Using the Mt Hotham example as how average gradients can be misleading, Ive often wondered if you could use a normalised gradient function (similar to normalised power) to determine the true physiological demand of a climb. Im new in getting back into mountain biking with a fat tire electric assist bike. The gradient then eases again as you approach the top, bringing the average down to eight per cent, and then as the road flattens you have the chance to work out some of the lactic acid which will no doubt have accumulated in your legs. That's a proper hill climb. Send to Phone Customize Map data OpenStreetMap contributors 2 Emmetts Garden. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Hidden away in the murky woodlands of Kent lurks a monster of a gradient in Lockyers Hill, not too far from Rochester and Gravesend.
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