What are your bucket list cycling climbs? We asked and you told us...
Ventoux, Stelvio, Shibden Wall... they all feature on our bucket list climbs
Cycling can create many a memory, whether it is teaching your child to stay upright on two wheels for the first time or that moment you get to raise your arms across the finish line of a local race.
But reaching the summit of a climb, however big or small, can bring about emotions that are very hard to compare to any other aspect of bike riding.
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We asked our social media followers what climbs that are on their bucket list, or those that they have been lucky enough to tick off.
Here are some of the best responses...
1. Chapeau x3
2. Does anyone else want to head to the Alps right now?
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3. None of your friends have heard about it, until now!
4. Easier said than done
5. You can almost picture it now
6. The Tour is the Tour and the Tourmalet is the Tourmalet.
7. A couple of epic days riding
8. Not many things make Alpe d'Huez seem small
9. The never ending bucket list
10. Got to start somewhere!
Let us know of any other bucket list climbs you want to conquer or have already completed our social media channels, @cyclingweekly on Facebook and Twitter and @cyclingweeklymagazine on Instagram.
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Paul Knott is a fitness and features writer, who has also presented Cycling Weekly videos as well as contributing to the print magazine as well as online articles. In 2020 he published his first book, The Official Tour de France Road Cycling Training Guide (Welbeck), a guide designed to help readers improve their cycling performance via cherrypicking from the strategies adopted by the pros.
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