Surrey Hills

[ianrobo]

Always been a bit skeptical of what people say about these but rode it today and it was FANTASTIC

https://www.strava.com/activities/1411779280/analysis

OK of course the weather was great so a lot were out and it was great to see and the car drivers, no issue apart from one idiot !

But it is great to ride there but the road surfaces compared to Wales and other areas are shocking, I know money is tight for the council but the guys I was riding with says it has been like that for years.

So yes I would recommend anyone to ride there regardless of skill levels !

[MikeF]

Good road surfaces in Surrey are a rare thing - I can think of 2! Some are impassable on foot let alone a cycle, but Surrey CC refuses to/wont repair them. As you note some are horrendous.

[ianrobo]

The likes of Box hill and the route on ride longan is fine but get off these and it is pot hole hell ....

What does Surrey officially say (of course noting they had to be bailed out because of the massive social care bill for that council as the population grows much older than mean) ?

[Marcus Aurelius]

https://www.relive.cc/view/1411858990

I did this on Saturday ( ignore the bit that was recorded on the train home ). Most of the popular Surrey Hills routes used by cyclists are ‘Challenging’ for most leisure cyclists. Then there’s White Down Lane. Whoever decided to put a road straight up the middle of that hill, like that, needs someone to have a word. I usually do this route, but without White Down Lane in it, on a bike with a 53-39 Chainset, and 11-28 cassette, and it’s about right. It was a very bad choice for that particular road. .

[ianrobo]

It was a gorgeous day eh !!

[MikeF]

https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/seasonal-information-for-road-users/highways-customer-charter Their response is usually to say they can't do anything.

[PRL]

Most of the popular Surrey Hills routes used by cyclists are ‘Challenging’ for most leisure cyclists. Then there’s White Down Lane. Whoever decided to put a road straight up the middle of that hill, like that, needs someone to have a word. .

Ouch. I am afraid that hill is always get-off-and-walk before I topple over.

[ianrobo]

this makes Whitedown look easy but I have been up some brutes in the UK (not Lake District ones) and this was as hard as any of them and I had low gearing on !

[Marcus Aurelius]

this makes Whitedown look easy but I have been up some brutes in the UK (not Lake District ones) and this was as hard as any of them and I had low gearing on !

That is White down Lane, now you know what I mean.

[Marcus Aurelius]

It was a gorgeous day eh !!

Yep, it certainly was.

[ianrobo]

this makes Whitedown look easy but I have been up some brutes in the UK (not Lake District ones) and this was as hard as any of them and I had low gearing on !

That is White down Lane, now you know what I mean.

not many I look up and think that looks a stopper !!

and then does not help as a local club (clearly some very good riders) breeze past chatting and there is me at max !

[Marcus Aurelius]

this makes Whitedown look easy but I have been up some brutes in the UK (not Lake District ones) and this was as hard as any of them and I had low gearing on !

That is White down Lane, now you know what I mean.

not many I look up and think that looks a stopper !!

and then does not help as a local club (clearly some very good riders) breeze past chatting and there is me at max !

I had some local clubbies trying heroics on the bit before the hairpin, funnily enough, they went quiet on the following bit

[ianrobo]

luckily the guys I were with warned me about this one