29-12-2019, 08:44 PM
Robert.
In spite of all the scrambling about in second gear, most of the hills I climbed this afternoon were fraught with gintraps for the unwary - single track roads with blind summits that have sharp bends immediately afterwards with precipitous drops down the mountainside or into trees if you get it wrong. The only hill I know of round here that is reasonably straight is the 1in 4 climb from Llan Mawddwy to Bwlch-y-Groes. I usually avoid it. Going down you end up with no brakes at the bottom and coming up, it is (for a Seven) 2 and 1/2 miles of bottom gear slog. I once did it in the Landrover with a trailer and twenty sheep. Had to use low range bottom all the way up. I could have walked it quicker.
In spite of all the scrambling about in second gear, most of the hills I climbed this afternoon were fraught with gintraps for the unwary - single track roads with blind summits that have sharp bends immediately afterwards with precipitous drops down the mountainside or into trees if you get it wrong. The only hill I know of round here that is reasonably straight is the 1in 4 climb from Llan Mawddwy to Bwlch-y-Groes. I usually avoid it. Going down you end up with no brakes at the bottom and coming up, it is (for a Seven) 2 and 1/2 miles of bottom gear slog. I once did it in the Landrover with a trailer and twenty sheep. Had to use low range bottom all the way up. I could have walked it quicker.