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Max Leonard traces the history of uphill time trials

Simon Warren picks his top tough slopes

Exclusive interview with teen cycling star

5 best london Climbs

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welcome to the 2011 Urban Hill Climb on

Swain’s Lane, a cycle race like no other. Our inaugural event last year, which

was the first ‘closed road’ hill climb time trial in London, attracted more than

120 riders and a huge crowd of spectators.

There were plenty of highlights – not least the amazing performance of boy

cycling wonder Germain Burton, who features in this programme and who will

no doubt be challenging for honours once more in today’s race. And who can

forget the dog in the basket?

We’re sure there will be just as many stand-out athletes and quirky

happenings this time – with riders starting every minute and going all-out

against the clock, the event promises full-on action for spectators.

Plus, we’ve introduced a new element this year to test the best riders to their

limits – those with the four fastest times at the end of the individual time trial

stage will go head-to-head in semi-final heats, and the winners of each of

those will have to race a third time in the final battle to decide the Urban Hill

Climb 2012 champion. Lucky them.

Have fun, and see you next year for the 2012 edition of the Urban Hill Climb.

In the meantime, enjoy our special souvenir programme... and keep riding.

Paul Churchill & Caspar Hughes, Rollapaluza

Rollapaluza is best-known for leading the revival of the sport of ‘roller racing’, but the Urban Hill Climb shows we’re dedicated to bringing a diverse range of cycling events to the capital. Look out also for another major event on our calendar in the coming months: ‘Muddy Hell’ is a night-time cyclo-cross race that we organise at Herne Hill velodrome in south London every October.

Find out more at: www.rollapaluza.com

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contents4 HIGHeR loVe Simon Warren, author of 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs, on his five favourite london lumps – and his fastest times for them. Go on: get on your bike and try to beat him… we dare you

6 GeRmAIn BuRton we catch up with the teenage cycling star, who stormed onto the uK racing scene at last year’s inaugural urban Hill climb – beating many top senior riders to take second place. Plus a look at the career of Germain’s father, maurice Burton, who was himself a talented racer and Britain’s first black senior champion

10 PeAK PAIn cycling writer Max Leonard traces the remarkable history of the hill climb race scene in the uK, and offers some dos and don’ts for anyone interested in having a go at this most masochistic of pursuits

12 clAssIc clIPs A special selection of stunning black-and-white hill climb and time trial pictures from a collection by the late Bernard ‘snapper’ Thompson, the leading cycle sport photographer of his generation

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1 Swain’s Lane, Highgate N6Swain’s Lane is my

primary training hill as it’s

the toughest climb I can fit

into my hour’s commute

to the office. I was

overjoyed when I found

it but there are plenty

of days I wish I hadn’t,

which is why I only tend to

ride it between May and

October. Outside these

months I use the longer

and gentler Highgate

West Hill; if I rode Swain’s

Lane all year round, I’d be

a) a wreck and b) bored

to death of it. I usually

attack it on my old fixed-

wheel bike, which makes

it a real grind, and I have

a strict routine I stick to

each time I go up. I stay in

the saddle to the plateau

outside the cemetery and

then out of the saddle to

the finish, which, unlike

the official race distance,

means going all the way to

the brow.

Length 950mHeight gain 71m100 Climbs rating 4/10Quickest time (over the Urban Hill Climb race distance) 1m 42s

2 College Road, Dulwich SE21The second of my

London training hills is

College Road in Dulwich.

What makes this road

special is the fact that

it’s a toll road – there’s

a booth with barriers at

the base and cars have to

pay £1 for the privilege of

using it. This, of course,

makes it much quieter

than the other ways up

to Crystal Palace and is,

therefore, perfect for hill

intervals. As with Swain’s

Lane, I always ride it on

my fixed-wheel bike.

I start my watch at the

first lamppost past the

ticket booth, accelerate,

and then sit back down.

The slope is reasonably

steep, but you’re

rewarded with an easing

after the station, where

you can spin before the

gradient bites again. Then

it’s hard to the top, so I

stay seated until the road

bends left, and from here

it’s out of the saddle and

100% to stop the watch at

the roundabout. Anything

under three minutes and

I’m happy.

Length 1,320mHeight gain 58m100 Climbs rating 3/10Quickest time (for my measured distance) 2m 51s

simon warren,

author of the best selling 100

Greatest Cycling Climbs, takes us through

his five favourite

hills in and around

london –  and (for

those who fancy testing

themselves) reveals his

personal best times

for each one4

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3 Avey Lane, High Beech, Essex

This insignificant stretch

of road is my ‘testing’ hill,

and I’ve been coming here

for more than six years

to see how my body is

working. It didn’t get a

mention in 100 Climbs

as it’s overshadowed

by its more substantial

neighbour, Mott Street.

But it’s the perfect hill

to get up to speed, hold

that speed, but not really

hurt yourself. I have a very

precise starting point for

my effort – half way up the

hill, just after the junction

with Pynest Green Lane –

and I finish at the second

speed bump following

the narrowing at the top.

My routine is: ride out for

45 minutes, head to the

bottom, take my brain

out and give it 110%, no

mercy, no holding back. If

it’s a good day I will sneak

under the minute, if it’s not

a good day I will spend

45 minutes riding home

trying to work out what

went wrong.

Length 400mHeight gain 37m100 Climbs rating N/AQuickest time (for my measured distance) 56 seconds

4 Yorks Hill, KentStrange that I

should include

this in my five favourite

climbs close to London

as I make the point of

only riding it once a year,

during the Catford CC

hill climb. As soon as the

leaves start to fall and

the temperature drops,

this is the hill I see when

I close my eyes. I have

no need to revisit it

between events because

every inch of its gnarled

surface is etched on my

brain, imprinted on my

lungs and chiselled into

my legs. It’s the best race

to ride anywhere in the

country as the last 100

metres of the course

are lined four deep with

spectators all screaming

you on. For just a few

fleeting moments, and

in total agony, you get

to live the dream, to feel

what it’s like to be a pro’

heading up to the summit

of an alpine pass.

Length 647mHeight gain 92m100 Climbs rating 6/10Quickest time 2m 8s

5 Chalkpit Lane, SurreyMy favourite climb

in the South East; it was

a tough call to leave this

road out of the first 100 Climbs book but it was top

of the list for the second

volume (due out in May

2012). Unremarkable up

to the tight, right-hand

corner but from here on

it’s brilliant; wrench your

bike round the 25% bend

and you’re faced with an

achingly uniform 20% slog

on the perfectly surfaced

road. Dead straight, you’re

offered no respite for more

than 200 metres but it’s

just a fraction under the

point where it becomes

impossible. Whenever I’m

in this area I try and fit

it into my ride. Although

very steep, it’s deceptively

easy to ride, maybe due

to that beautiful surface

so I always reach the top

feeling good.

Length 1,630mHeight gain 138m100 Climbs rating 6/10Quickest time Still working on it!

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Schoolboy GErMain BurTon must have frightened the life out of many competitors – and spectators – as he streaked up Swain’s Lane last year, beating elite riders and pros to take an eventual second place at the inaugural Rollapaluza Urban Hill Climb. This year, Germain, now 16, has more experience under his belt and, having just sat his GCSEs, is focusing on his racing. We caught up with him before the event, to find out what he’s been up to. Portraits by ToM oLDHaM

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i like riding hill climbs because I’m quite good at them. I’m suited

to short, steep

hill climbs such

as White Lane

(the site of the Bec CC hill

climb), and Swain’s Lane is

similar – they’re short, hard

efforts. The atmosphere’s

always brilliant and it’s

different to the average

race. It gives you that extra

bit of adrenaline.

I didn’t know what to expect at last year’s Urban Hill Climb. I knew I’d do fairly well,

but when my time was

standing for a while I

started to believe I might

win it. Then it got knocked

off in the last minute! But

I was pretty pleased with

being only a second off

the winner. This year, we’ll

see how it goes.

When I won the Bec CC hill climb last year, I’d trained specifically for it – it’s at a time of year when there’s no other races. But

with the Urban Hill Climb, I

had to fit it into my racing

programme. It was in the

week leading up to the

national youth circuit race

championships, so I was

race fit but I hadn’t done

any specific hill training.

The 2011 national champs

are again right after the

Urban Hill Climb.

It’s difficult to share any tactics for hill climbing. Just go for it – give

everything off the start

line and don’t hold

anything back. Make sure

you’re totally smashed

when you cross the line.

That’s all I can really say –

there’s no tactics as such,

just completely smash it!

I’m racing two, three, possibly four times a week – which means that I don’t really have to go out training right now. Just a couple of spins to

keep my legs turning.

This time last year I hadn’t been racing abroad. Since

then, I’ve raced in Belgium

“mY DAD Is tHe onlY PeRson I tAKecoAcHInG ADVIce fRom”

“my dad is the only person i take coaching advice from”

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a few times. It’s pretty

different over there, good

for your development as

a rider, whether you’re a

youth, or a senior racing

at a high level. It’s tough,

it takes a few races to get

used to, because it’s so

aggressive. It’s a different

style of racing: you

have to be able to move

through the bunch, and it

can get difficult because

some of the roads are

narrow compared with the

circuits I race here.

I’ve just finished my GCSEs. I feel more relaxed

about racing now – it was

intense before, having to

fit everything in, getting

the work done and not

disappointing people at

school. It’s hard saying

you’re training or racing

all the time. But I worked

hard and am confident

about my exams.

Now I’m concentrating on riding well as a junior [British Cycling’s age category for 16-18 year olds]. It matters more to

do well as a junior. The

distances are longer and

the courses are more

challenging, and there’s a

better selection of riders

at the finish so it’s harder

to do well. In the next

12 months I’d like to do

well at a national level

and hopefully ride some

international races, to see

what I can do.

I rode the West Flanders Tour last year – featuring five stages including a team time trial prologue. This year’s competition

is going to have an

individual time trial, and

then three stages. I’m

going to do my best in

the time trial and then

see what I can do in the

overall. We’ll see.

My dad is the only person I take coaching advice from. It seems to be

working pretty well so far!

What inspires me about him is that it was so hard for him all those years ago, it puts things in perspective. It makes you

want to make the most of

what you have. Generally

it was harder then,

opportunities and funding

weren’t there for young

riders as they are now,

and there’s more interest

in the sport. Now you see

British riders doing well

on the World Tour, and

breaking through into

the professional ranks

on a fairly regular basis.

It inspires you, gives you

more incentive – it could

be there for the taking if

you’ve got the talent and

you put in the effort.

lIKe fAtHeR lIKe son Germain’s dad, Maurice Burton, was, in his time, a professional cyclist with a long and distinguished career. Here are some of his highlights.

 ‘71Wins the Herne Hill track league at 15, with twice as

many points as the second rider.

 ‘73 Wins the British National Junior Sprint title.

 ‘74 British Senior 20km Champion, beating the

Commonwealth gold and silver medallists to win the title in his first year as an amateur.

 ‘75 Helps the British team to a Team Pursuit record.

 ‘76 Moves to Belgium to compete in the six-day races,

coming second in his first race.

 ‘78 Turns professional, racing against Eddy Merckx in the

twilight of the great man’s career.

 ‘80 Takes fourth in the Madison at the European

Championships.

 ‘84 A broken leg at age 28 ends professional career.

 ‘87 Takes over De Ver Cycles

in south London.

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The British

predilection for

the hill climb – as

a sub-discipline of

the time trial – probably

stems from the peculiar

roots of road racing in the

UK. Due to an unfortunate

incident involving two

racing cyclists, a Victorian

lady on horseback and a

ditch, mass-start racing

(of the kind made famous

by the Tour de France

and other ‘stage’ races)

was outlawed. This seems

unfair, given that it wasn’t

even the lady who ended

up in the ditch; but, as

Freud (who once lived

close to Swain’s Lane)

said, when something

is repressed, it always

returns, disguised yet

recognisable. And so,

more than 100 years

ago, British stage racing

withered and the time-

trialling culture was born.

Hill climbing (of the

cycling variety) is not

just a British activity, of

course, and naturally

the Americans do it

bigger. The Cycle to

the Sun climbs 36 miles

up a Hawaiian volcano

and, since 1962, the

Mount Evans hill climb

in Colorado has started

where most mountains

tail off, taking participants

from 7,555ft to 14,130ft in

27 miles. The record of 1hr

41 mins is held by Garmin-

Cervélo’s Tom Danielson.

But does bigger mean

better? “The alpinist’s will

PeAK PAIn Max LEonarD casts an eye over the British hill climbing tradition, and tries to fathom what it takes to perform well

isn’t prompted by the

mountain,” Tim Krabbé

writes in his meditation on

cycling, The Rider. “The

alpinist’s will is not so petty

that it needs something

as random as the shape of

the Earth’s crust in order

to exist.” Extreme, perhaps,

but the sentiment holds

true. The determination

shown by hill climb

contenders – the pure will

to go upwards as fast as

possible – is somehow

more impressive on British

hills. We don’t need a

3,000m-high volcano:

we have the oldest

continuously held race in

the world – in the shape

of the Catford Hill Climb

– and we have intensity.

Short yards that feel like Imag

e: B

ern

ard

Th

om

pso

n

11

miles, hour-long minutes,

gradients that tip over 25%

then ease off for a second

only to ramp sadistically

back up: there is a killer

competitiveness to it. But

it is a competitiveness

cloaked in homeliness –

with thermoses of tea,

warm overcoats and rollers

on the edge of leaf-mulch

lanes, and little guys with

big legs looking intent and

trying to keep warm.

It’s a fixFixed riders, it should be

noted, still often place

high in the discipline. Le

Anh Luong, the current

custodian and organiser

of the Catford CC race,

comments that many ride

a fixed-wheel bike for a

certain tactical simplicity,

despite the fact that the

weight advantage they give

is, in the days of carbon

fibre, drastically reduced.

In Chris Boardman’s

day, fixed was almost de

rigueur: “There was the

psychological aspect,” he

says. “All you had to worry

about was your own effort,

and measuring that over

the distance remaining.

You took away a lot of

risks. You couldn’t slip a

gear, didn’t have to think

about changing. It was just

perfect for hill climbs. They

were beautiful events.”

As an end-of-season

ritual, the hill climb invites

riders to have a go, to push

their peak form to the

limit. And it encourages

specialism, bordering on

obsession – some train

especially and exclusively

for it. The hill climb is

perhaps the only event in

which pros regularly lose

to amateurs.

Looking back at the

palmarès of previous

winners of the British

National Hill Climb

Championships, certain

names occur again and

again. Vic Clark just after

the war; Granville Sydney

winning six years out of 11

between ’63 and ’73. Four

in a row for Darryl Webster

and Chris Boardman…

Waugh, Dangerfield,

Henderson, Fleeman. Even

the names of the hills – the

Nationals move venue

every year – are evocative:

Nick O’ Pendle, Winter’s

Gibbet, Rosedale Chimney…

These courses do vary:

there are the very short

and very steep, such as

the Rake in Lancashire or

Streatley Hill, and the not-

so-short and still-quite-

steep, such as Cheddar

Gorge and Burrington

Combe – and favour

different types of riders.

Yet in the end it all comes

down to a simple equation:

(more power + less weight)

x (superhuman ability to

work anaerobically +

sky-high pain threshold)

= victory. And maybe that’s

all there is to it. Training,

effort, will.

Let’s leave the last word

to Tom Ballhatchet, the

highest-placed Rollapaluza

CC rider at last year’s

inaugural Urban Hill Climb:

“I always imagine a hill

climb as being like crash-

landing a plane: it’ll never

be pretty and you can

only practice it to a certain

limited extent.”

Max Leonard is the author of Fixed:

Global Fixed-Gear Bike Culture

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fIVe HIll-clImB Dos & Don’tsDo take deep breaths for a

minute or more before

starting, to expel dead air from

the lungs and oygenate the blood

Don’T go too hard

at the gun –

you’ll carry the oxygen debt all

the way to the end

Do push harder when the

edges of your vision

close in and turn black

Do stand as straight as

possible when out of

the saddle, to keep the power

through the pedals and stop the

back wheel spinning

Don’T worry about

anything past

the finish line: there’ll be someone

to catch you, a strong cup of tea –

or something stronger – and the St

John’s Ambulance on hand

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clAssIc clIPsGEorGE THEoHari, author of The Cyclist’s Companion, selects his personal highlights from the BErnarD THoMpSon collection

(clockwise from top left) Early start: Time trialling on a crisp morn. Faces of pain: Granville Sydney, the great hill climb champ of the 1960s and 1970s. Carried away: A rider who gave it his all. Peak interest: Winnats Pass, Derbyshire, scene of the 1977 National Hill Climb Champs.

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The road less travelled: A lone rider crests a hill, perfectly framed by trees on an empty country lane.

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(clockwise from top) This way up: A rider stays focused as boys yell their encouragement. Push to the line: Sinews strain as the crowd urges a rider to the top. Forget it: Trying to erase memories of a tough event? Going for glory: 1980s champ Darryl Webster on Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen

These photos were taken by the late Bernard Thompson between 1960 and 1985. A CD containing 280 images from the photographer’s collection is available to buy for £10. For details, email: peterwychwood@hotmail.co.uk

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