Having just had a new bottom bracket fitted to my beautiful Bianchi in celeste I thought as a reward I would treat her to climbing Nought Bank Road, near Pateley Bridge. On 20th August Mr B ranked it as merely 7/10 whereas Simon Warren rates it as an 8/10. Mr B might be right. All I know is that I didn't put a foot down and on the Bianchi my biggest cog is a 29 so that's OK. Actually Campagnolo don't do a bigger cog for road bikes than a 29. If you need more help than that the fishing rod company can surely provide you with a dinner plate for the rear cassette.
Yet again I revelled in the tranquillity that the moors between Pateley Bridge and Thuscross reservoir provide. Hardly any traffic and just the sounds of animals and birds. Part of the route passes West End but West End no longer really exists. It was a village flooded by the creation of Thuscross reservoir.
God's in his heaven etc.
Anyway 37 miles and 3800 feet of climb. The sort of ratio I like.
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