Percentage road signs

[Ray 6701]

Buttermilk hill, Marchington woodlands.  This is more like 20+% than 13.


Startley hill, Upper Longdon. 


You can just see Kim in the background on her way up 

[Riggers]

Either consciously or not, I like the way the bike angle reflects the sign's gradient!

[Pingu]

For bobb:


image by The Pingus, on Flickr

Mrs P & I rode this one today. There was a dead adder on it.

[Kim]

Startley hill, Upper Longdon. 


You can just see Kim in the background on her way up 

Given sufficient ballast, that one's a doddle as long as you know it's coming and can hit the bottom at speeds in excess of 30mph.  Otherwise, not so much.   

[Ray 6701]

Cloves hill, Morley.



As steep as you want it to be 

[Ray 6701]

Mill hill: Theddingworth.



Old School for Bob 

[toestrap]

Late October sunset, Honister pass.

[Ray 6701]

One from Saturdays Upper Thames Audax.  I'll have to check the routesheet to see what the hill is called though.

[phantasmagoriana]

In the Wolds near Thixendale:

[Pingu]

A Belgian one:


IMG_4407 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[Pedal Castro]

Lakes tour 1979. youth hostels - no tent etc, all gear in '37 pattern back pack strapped to rack.

[Toady]

My av is Cudham hill, near Downe in Kent.  The steep bit is mercifully short.

[Pingu]

Not a road sign:


IMG_1226 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[MattH]

On Anglesey, going to Llanddonna beach :-
http://goo.gl/maps/c6mYz

Actually a bit of a cheat, as it's 35% going down and "only" 25% coming back up (there is a loop down, along the beach, and back up the other side, which everyone does in one direction). 35% down is pretty hairy on very narrow, twisty lanes where you are on the brakes all the time rather than just allowing it to roll.

[Toady]

Leading up to Cudham in Kent. One of the hills not on the itinerary.

I recognise that from somewhere! 

[andrew_s]

More old school for Bobb
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=lynmouth&hl=en&ll=51.207179,-3.604589&spn=0.013793,0.04137&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=17.969195,39.067383&layer=c&cbll=51.207128,-3.604727&panoid=sb5eWebVgAtXyw3nXB-20g&cbp=12,232.44,,0,6.28&hnear=Lynmouth,+Devon,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=15

1:4 on the A39

[Pingu]

Suie again with added snow:


IMG_1252 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[Trull]

Happy days cycling from Sabhal mor Ostaig over the wee hills past Loch Dugald towards Tarskavaig...

I met 6 highland cattle on the way down who were every bit as amused to see me as I was them 



http://www.flickr.com/photos/torcuill/8487786932/

[Toady]

Leading up to Cudham in Kent. One of the hills not on the itinerary.

I rode past this yesterday.  The percentage sign has gone, just the "low gear now" sign remains. 

[Bendy Bianchi]

I've been there and took the same photo! It's on the cycle path that runs into Lourdes, going around Tourmalet.

Possibly the most pathetic:


Lourdes 16/07/09 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[Foghat]

Near the top of The Stang, at the border between North Yorkshire and County Durham, on Tuesday.

[Deano]

That's not that close to the top: they've chopped a load of trees from the summit in the last couple of years, and it gets a fair bit steeper around that bend. Did you walk up it?

Here's one from the North York Moors, a side road off Castleton Rigg:

[phantasmagoriana]

Welham Hill on the approach to Malton - there's no way this is actually 17%! (The 10% down the other side, which I didn't bother photographing, is more realistic I think.)


A faded one, can't remember where:

[Dibdib]

The top of Hackpen Hill, near Wroughton:


IMG_0206 by dibdib2, on Flickr

[billplumtree]