Cantclimbtom
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I've watched pretty young kids cycle up that concrete cableway (or whatever it is) on the first big incline you get to (behind long sheds) when you walk in from Bus stop. Then turn around and come down again. If only I had a bike with big tyres and disk brakes and had a hill like that when I was a kid. Those rock hard Raleigh front brake rubbers on thin chrome rims wouldn't have been up to the job, I would never have stopped.cavemanmike said:They'll probably try the same at Dinorwic next
Even the Raleigh Bomber wouldn't have been up to it. I remember some kid zooming down a hill proudly on his new Bomber shouting to his mates at the top of his voice "Watch This! Back-pedal brakes" then he back pedalled, the back wheel locked, he totally lost it, slid across the road and ended up lying motionless with terrible road rash while all his mates were rolling on the floor wetting themselves with laughter. Kids of today , they don't know how lucky they are.