Taking on Hardknott Pass - The 2022 Fred Whitton Ride! (Power overlay)
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- The Fred Whitton is an amazing sportive held in the stunning Lake District area of the UK. Around 94 miles into the ride is this insanely long and steep climb, Hardknott Pass! Here's my attempt at climbing it, with power overlay on screen.
Doing the Fred in 6 weeks’ time. My only consolation in watching this is that the person you were tracking for most of it has the same bike as me. Great video and great to see the real time stats.
Thanks, hope you have a fantastic day!
😮 I get breathless going up a slope fantastic effort everyone
Excellent effort! Will be there myself in two weeks and the looks of your video are seriously intimidating.... and very helpful too!
Thanks, hope you had a great time there!
I understand your frustration; I would’ve turned the air blue…….but then I’d never have got so far up without walking. After so many miles of riding in the legs and then this brute. Chapeau my dear sir! Chapeau
Thanks for the kind comment 😊 You should give it a go, it’s surprising how deep you can dig when needed!
Your HR is unbelievable. I'm 50 and my HR easily hits 180 on steep hills. Much respect.
Hi, thanks for your comment. I believe that max HR is something you can’t really train (unlike resting HR, etc.). I can’t really take credit for the low HR, I tend to max out at 170 or so even in a sprint effort.
@@PaulHirons Indeed, It is rather strange how HR works, some people despite their age, are able to sustain unusually high HRs. As a rule of thumb max HR is 220-Age.
Well done and respect to you and all the other people that done it. I'm knackered just watching you climb that. Fabulous effort 👌 💪
Thank you for your kind comment 😊
Great video mate. Was gutted for you when you stopped. Looked like you come off the road and had to stop. Well done on getting going again
Thanks, I was pretty gutted to stop, had a wobble and was right at the edge of the road. I was very glad to get going just a short way further up. It’s a beast of a climb at 90 miles into The Fred!
@@PaulHirons I’m doing it this year and just sat here watching videos of all the climbs scaring my self to death to fuel my training ffs 🤦🏻♂️
Fear driven training is my specialty! 😂 I’m currently training to do Mallorca 312 in 4 weeks.
Good luck on The Fred! It’s ana amazing ride. Having low enough gearing was the key for me, I had 1:1 ratio
@@PaulHirons that’s what I’m on atm but debating using a wolf tooth and putting a 11-40 on the back. I’m 115kg with a FTP of 333w (set in jan) got to do another ftp test on Tuesday that my coach has set me to do. Good luck on the 312 mate that looks another level of brutality. Hoping to capture my fred to upload to my RUclips channel as well
I was at the very same spot when I had a load of Morgans driving up behind me - just the thought of wobbling in front of them caused me to wobble and stop!
Haha! It's me at 07:55 trying to stretch out my cramp! 😂
Great effort on the climb! Can't believe the flat was still 5%, felt like a descent at the time after the 20%+ sections!
I was very glad to have 1:1 gearing to help avoid cramp. Ye, crazy how the less step sections felt flat 😂
Great effort and amazing that you managed to get going again 👏
Thanks 😊
This shows how using the correct gears for the conditions is the key to remaining upright and on the bike, you could see riders struggling when in the wrong gear.
Absolutely right! I was very glad I had a 1:1 gear available
which chainring and cassette did you use ? thanks
I was up there the week before doing C2C2C, I've never been so wet. You did well with the weather.
Hi, yes, very lucky with the weather that day, it changes so quickly over there!
I did Wrynose and Hardknott on my Ribble 90’s steely…pouring with sweat…next time I’ll take the R5
This is so good I watched it twice!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Good effort mate. After a day teetering with gloom this offered some good wholesome motivation to get my body moving again… 👍
Thanks, hope you’re progressing well!
You did well to get back on,still disappointing not riding all the way though.
That ClimbPro image 😫😂🥵
I was struggling enough not to notice that too much 😂
Wow. I drove up there in 1988 in a Ford cortina. I think you were faster than us
I can almost smell the clutch burning 😂
Well done mate. 👏 My cap is duly doffed.
Thanks mate 👍
Ah mate right where it hit 32% top job dude!
I know 🙈 Thanks mate
well done.
Great effort and a brilliant video of the Hardknott climb. How much were you weighing for the Fred, so I can work out the w/kg?
Thanks! I was just under 70kg
Did that on my dahon speed pro tt (folder) a few years ago 🙂
Be really interesting to know how much you and the bike weighed going up that.. Judging by the power I'd say you were around 60kg or less!
I would have been around 68kg with a pretty standard carbon bike weighing roughly 7.8kg. Would need to add clothing, pedals, water bottles, saddle bag, etc. to that
Great effort until you went into the gutter. I had walked a long way before that :-) and dont remember the 'flat bit' being so long? Great that you were able to get going again.
Thanks, I was pretty gutted to not ride it all without putting a foot down. Very lucky to have a slightly easier bit a little further on to get going again!
Hi Paul, can I ask if this was filmed on a gopro 10 or 9 ? All the best !
Hi, that was filmed on. GoPro 8
@@PaulHirons what settings did you use? Great quality video, lovely colour and very smooth! Any lenses or gimbals involved?
I was hoping you was going to make it thought your riding was impressive and thats coming from a mountain biker iv done that climb 3 times last time failed so i know its brutal but i think you guys have been going for some time before you hit hardknots am i right but kudos to you all any way.
Thank you. It’s a tough climb for sure! They cunningly placed it at 94 miles into the Fred Whitton ride 😬
Brilliant effort mate, just wish the ones walking up would all stay to one side instead of getting in the way
Agreed, that really doesn’t make it any easier!
or said another way - a 10% gradient has NEVER felt soooooo good
That’s so true!!
i want to tie this on my oreba e bike
Is the obsessive pressing of the Garmin really needed? You can see the hill in front do you need Garmin to tell you the %?!
The % isn’t written on the road, so yes 😂 To be honest, hitting this at 90 miles into the Fred Whitton ride, anything like fiddling with the Garmin was just a distraction from the climb itself
@@PaulHirons I'd rather not know that information but each to their own! I did it this year - what a climb!
Great effort. What was your shortest gear?
Thanks! Shortest was 35 front, 36 rear 👍
@@PaulHirons Campag! Shimano folk around 70kg seem to suggest that 34:34 is ok if you have reasonable fitness?
@@OGillo2001 I’m running SRAM. Just corrected my earlier comment, I’m using slightly better than 1:1 ratio. Yes, I used to use Shimano, 34 front and rear should get you up pretty much anything 😊
@@PaulHirons thanks Paul. I am going to do 'The Fred' next year, and this is the crunch question...¬!
Would help if folk walking took the harder line on hairpins 😢😂
Sure would! 🤦♂️