Rode up Black Mountain twice last week, great ride, tough on the way up and fast on the way down, especially cool coming down in the dark.

My first attempt took 33 minutes, which is a tad slow, I managed it in 20 the second time around. I’ve heard of normal humans doing it in 15, and someone has done it in 12 apparently. Yowsers.

Update: Mikey reckons that going by his times up the Alp d’Huez, Lance Armstrong would do it in 7 minutes, freakin!

Update: Steve Hanley chimes in with the full story. 8:44, that sure gives me something to aim for.

Update: Cool comparison of the various hills ’round town by Mikey. (This update brought to you by Tom)

Mikey has gps data for the ride which is kinda interesting, in particular the grade is pretty solid.

For the Radioheadly challenged.