This brings back memories of my time at Bath Uni.
pwa wrote:Have you cycled up Bathwick Hill? Cycling would not be for everyone there, certainly not the elderly or infirm. E-bikes might widen the range of people who could use a bike, but how good are they on long steep hills?
Yes. You don't realise how long it is, until you come to cycle back up. But I preferred going down.
For many people, cycling in Bath means free wheeling down, and walking up, with not much in between.
Where else could you hide a university on top of a hill? (And why are downs always up?)
There are other routes up to the Uni. Widcombe Hill, for example, which is shorter. Or Brassknocker (from the South, even shorter?). When I lived off campus, the most direct route would have been a nice gentle down, followed by up Widcombe Hill. But we took a much longer route, starting with a half mile hill (up, of course), then around Claverton Down. Just to avoid Widcombe HIll. I did cycle up Widcombe Hill (all the way). Just once. And still remember taking a long time at the top, recovering. I now have much lower bottom gears, but no matching hills.