Routes and Rides Ideas
Up that hill!
North Hill is well known to cyclists in the area, but, to be honest, it was one climb I had always managed to avoid. I’d ridden the road before, but my routes had somehow always been planned to take me down the hill rather than up it. Fancying a longer ride, I decided to reverse…
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Cathedrals cycle route challenge
This Bike Week 2021 is running from 30 May to 5 June. Bike Week, delivered by Cycling UK, is an annual celebration to showcase cycling and how brilliant it is. During bike week, Cycling UK will be launching what looks to be an exciting challenge. The Cathedrals Cycle Route. This is a 2,000 mile route…
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Thursday bimble
click for route Every so often I like to take off on my gravel bike with no destination or route planned. Average speed doesn’t matter. With the strange, sometimes stressful, daily pandemic world we live in, that can be a great relief. It is all about riding for the love of it. Just take off…
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Shoeburyness to Hanningfield
This is another great ride for a nice warm sunny Sunday morning. If 63 miles sounds a long way, you can always stop off for breakfast at the Hanningfield visitor centre
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Shoeburyness to Maldon
This is a great ride for a nice warm sunny Sunday morning. And even better if you want to stop off for refreshments by the river relaxing by the barges
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London to Southend 2014
A great day out. Well organised ride through the country lanes of Essex. Getting out of London is not so pleasant but once you are clear of the metropolis, this is a truly enjoyable ride with great train links back to London. If you do the ride, why not stay awhile for fish and chips.…
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Southend bikeathon 2015
This is the latest Southend Bikeathon course. Part of it is off road and it is family friendly providing you take care at one large roundabout. The only problem with the course is that it uses private roads not normally pen to the public. But there are ways round that 🙂
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Training circuit
This is one of my regular training circuits. It’s 33 miles overall so quite nice for a couple of hours out on a Sunday morning. There’s a little bit of climb half-way through which is nice for the legs. A mix of quiet and busy roads.
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