Lou Bates (Velochils-Interbike) became the women’s national hill-climb champion in Matlock at the end of October aboard a bike built by her partner with products from eBay.
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Forget distance covered, these are the key stats to note in your Strava Year in SportWe asked a coach how to best analyse our end of year Strava data
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'She should show a bit more respect' - Lotte Kopecky responds to Demi Vollering commentsThe pair seemingly had one last fractious year together at SD Worx-Protime in 2024
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British hill climb champ smashes Sa Calobra QOM - and she's just getting startedIlli Gardner gave up road racing for hill climbing and never looked back
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Tour de France winning bikes: Pinarello is the top dogNine of the ten bikes came from Italian manufacturers
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Tom Bell and Bithja Jones come out on top in British National Hill Climb Championships 2021The riders had to take on the brutal climb of Winnats Pass in the Peak District in appalling weather
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Hayley Simmonds and Ed Laverack take record-breaking victories at National Hill Climb ChampionshipBoth riders took victory for the first time in the Hill Climb Champs, held on Haytor in Devon
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Calum Brown wins the Catford Hill Climb Classic 2019Brown recently also won the Monsal Hill Climb 2019 title
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Brutal hill climb in Wales held on newly-crowned steepest street in the worldA short and savage hill climb event was held on the newly-crowned steepest street in the world in North Wales.
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Chris Froome’s Giro d’Italia winning Pinarello Dogma F10 X-LightA closer look at the custom-pink Pinarello on which Froome entered Rome on May 27
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Fiona Burnie and Andrew Feather crowned British national hill climb championsThe National Hill Climb Championships were claimed by first-time winners in South Yorkshire.
