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Hill repeats - City

Does anyone have any suggestions for good (sensible) hills near the city do hill repeats?

Maybe im soft, but i just did two repeats up Black Mountain and it broke my spirit. I thought maybe Barry Drive hill might be better but its also a bit short.

Suggestions welcome - criticism also welcome if you think im soft.

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Permalink Reply by Michael D Hanslip on May 10, 2011 at 15:31

Black Mountain is that touch better if you do subsequent repeats from the water tank back up - skip the steepest pitch right at the bottom.

Red Hill is only a few km away and, while short, effective.

Mt Pleasant can be used, but is a bit soft.

Ainslie also isn't hard to get to, but like Black Mountain skip the hard pitch (which in this case is the last one into the car park).

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy S on May 10, 2011 at 15:37

Thanks Michael - it was the bottom 300 - 400m that broke my spirit - Red Hill is a good suggestion.

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Permalink Reply by Milto on May 10, 2011 at 16:42

Northbourne ave/Fed Hwy is not too bad if you use big gears to the top of Majura road. Also a really good one is Majura. The road has a gate on it and it is tough but nothing as steep as the start of black and it is really consistant.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Giuliano on May 11, 2011 at 20:33

Mt Stromlo has no steep pitches on it and it is pretty much the same grade all the way, is long, so is good to keep the HR even for a while. Also, there is less traffic than all the others. Traffic is pretty much non-existent once the gates are closed at around six.

The cars on Ainslie can be alarming, I wouldn't do it at night, or at least not those last two corners, they are tight in a car and that means dangerous for us. There are always tourists driving up it, day and night. Even more than Black Mountain, I find.

I don't think you are soft - from the bottom to the tank is steep: by my fifth or sixth lap I have to drop down to the middle ring.

I wish!

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy S on May 11, 2011 at 21:07

Thanks Chris - dare I say it but I'm going to take both the mtb and roadie to stromlo on Sunday. Two laps on mtb and then some hill repeats on the roadie.