The final Championship of The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Hill Climb Series was settled as David Scott took a commanding win in Round 9, Hafren CC’s Pentre’r Beirdd Hill Climb. This climb based on the A490 averages 7.2%, but that maks a couple of sharper pulls, especially around the hairpin bend which makes the legs quake. […]

The destinations of three of the four Championships within The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series were resolved in Round 8, Propel CC’s half mile climb of Swayney Cliff, Coalport – with the small matter of another course record smashed the entrée. The climb can catch out the unwary, ramping to 17% in the […]

Kirk Vickers nearly blew his chance of retaking the Course Record in Round 6 of the Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Optician Hill Climb Series, Ludlow CC’s Wigmore Road climb but recovered enough after a nightmare start to slice 2.7 seconds off Will Truelove’s 2020 benchmark, finishing in 7 minutes 1 second. Vickers had been the record […]

For once a Course Record didn’t go on one of the most testing hills in The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series, as Shropshire Cycling Clubs Association promoted their climb of Homer Bank – although Jonny Morris got close. At just half a mile it’s about all out effort on a sinuous climb that […]

An iconic climb saw the largest turnout in 2021 in The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series with Round 5 a fearsome 1.6 mile climb of The Burway, Church Stretton in a well-received Paramount CRT promotion. A rare closed road event attracted a 43 rider entry from some quality riders – with five riders […]

The fearsome Mount Road in Oswestry saw the Women’s Course Record broken and a narrow win for Mule CC’s David Scott in Round 4 of the Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series promoted by Oswestry Paragon. The 1.65 mile course is one of the longest in the Series – but it’s the approach to […]

Series leader Kirk Vickers broke the course record in Round 3 in a determined push for supremacy in the Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series – but boy, was it close. With Jonny Morris’ 2018 record in his sights the Holohan Coaching rider was rewarded for his efforts, shaving 0.7 seconds off the benchmark […]

A course change due to road works gave many riders a first sight of the Station Road, Ironbridge hill climb course in Round 2 of The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series. The second event in 24 hours following Wrekinsport’s opener, the Nova Raiders’ promotion features a vicious acute turn just as riders enter […]