The World's Steepest Cycling Climb | The GCN Show Ep. 219

We look into the world's steepest climb and want to know the steepest climb you've been up!

This week Ex-Professional Cyclists Dan Lloyd and Matt Stephens bring another action packed episode of the GCN Show!

We talk about some of the world's steepest climbs, an amazing 2017 Milan - San Remo and loads of tech as usual! Not to mention our infamous Hack/Bodge section. Wattage Bazooka is ever popular and remember to submit yours using the hashtag #WattageBazooka

Where are the world's steepest climbs? Let us know yours in the comments below👇 and maybe we will send Lasty around the globe to ride them.
Big races even tackle some horrific climbs too. Dan mentions the Muro di Sormano, it's 1.7km long with an average gradient of 17%, it's used in the Giro di Lombardia. Also brought to the table is the Koppenberg, 620m long and maximum gradient of 22%, on and it's cobbled! Then there is the Alto de l'Angliru, 11km long with a 24% gradient at it's steepest part.
However, these look pancake flat compared to the world's steepest road climb, Baldwin St in New Zealand. Baldwin St has a gradient of 35%! Have you cycled up it? Let us know 👇

Also let us know your steepest climb with photos/videos using the hashtag #GCNSTEEP on facebook/instagram/twitter

This week's caption competition winner was Steve Hellaby, please get in touch to claim your GCN Camelbak Water Bottle!

Dan mentions Milan - SanRemo winner Michał Kwiatkowski and how he picked up a fair few KOM's on Strava on the way to victory. Some very impressive stats there!
Matt keeps us up to date with the UCI Women's world Tour and the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio won by Coryn Rivera.

Tech of the week includes a home-made powermeter, Apple integrating a powermeter into the Apple Watch or is it an iWatch 3! A new short sleeved rain jacket from Assos, the Liberty Clima, waterproof and extremely breathable, we can't wait to get our hands on one! Greg Van Avermaet has a new chrome bike too, but we are confused why chrome and not gold?!

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Music:
Viper Creek Club - Because I Know (Instrumental)
Mikey Bruce, James Green - Fire It Up
Israel Medina - Waves
Josh Kirsch/Media Right Productions - Morning Stroll
Israel Medina - Resonance
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[gcn]

Let us know the steepest climb you've been up!

[stevenjones]

The Steepest hill ive ever had to climb was "persuading my wife I needed another new bike" took me over 4 weeks at a gradient in excess of 50% 🚴☺👍

[vovoland]

Caption: I see, this is going to be a Ruff race

[Yeeesh]

I nominate Krisof aleagart, from the lead in the indian pacafic wheel race for wattage bazooka

[Lingdra]

Caption: Get out the way, I don't have time to paws.

[gflorey]

Love the violin playing when Matt starts saying what gears he had back in the day!

[captainjack]

Caption: Peter Sagan experiencing a bit of dog-leg in the course

[danielhughes]

@gcn can you do a segment on the Indian Pacific wheel race? it's over 5, 000 kms unsupported from Perth to Sydney. Guys and girls doing it are legends and need more support. race leaders are about 2, 000ks in as we speak #indipac #ipwr

[jasongourley]

Watching your videos has inspired me to take up cycling after years of not being on a bike. I went out and bought myself a new Giant Defy 2 Disc 2016 model and its great!! Thank you for all your videos!

[chrismoor]

Hardknott Pass - 33% and particularly fun when you are 90 miles into the Fred Whitton. Plus the really steep bit comes 2/3rds of the way up the climb

[jamesd]

Loved that under-confident zoom out at 20:48 ----> 20:54

[cyclejockey]

Enjoyed this week's show guys. Keep em rolling !

[mingtsaifan]

Dan and Matt are the best GCN show duo.

[laurencekelly]

One of my favourite local climbs up Lee Lane in Halifax (The Shibden Wall). Cobbled climb averaging 17% peaking at around 25%. This climb will also be featuring in stage 3 of 2017 edition of the Tour of Yorkshire. So tough that it even had Sean Kelly climbing up on the pavement in the 1988 Kellogg’s Tour!

[mikelacross]

I rode up Baldwin Street, although it was on Stumpy (my beloved & now stolen MTB of 1999 vintage) Chatted to some old chap of 90 years who walked up the street everyday.

[benedward]

Kirkstone Pass is pretty long and steep in the Lake District. But luckily I haven't been up it, only down. One of the steepest climbs I've been up is my local climb, The Burway in Shropshire. Quite a killer!

[sylvainmichaud]

Caption: Lady: "Fortunately, he didn't have disk brakes. It could have been catastrophic! "

[DRANVR]

You guys should check out the indian pacific wheel race in Australia

[katherinebutler]

I really like that GCN changed the sticker on the computer at 12:19

[georgestables]

Caption: When a dog thinks your disk wheel ia a gigantic Frisbee