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I’m you’re weight, and I did the Pennine cycleway with full camping gear, on a Dawes Galaxy, with a higher gear than that 26/34).

It was all good, and as stated you can just get off and walk up the steeper hills! (Which I did, a lot. There’s some killers on the PCW!)

I’m tempted by a new bike... but my wife won’t let me buy a Moto Guzzi

Just finished watching, I enjoyed it, but as said focuses more on a handful of riders and why they want to do it rather than the ride and locations.

Going south from Seven Bridge crossing (Monmouth) and Avonmouth M5 bridge, what would you recommend to Wedmore? (Route of least resistance Tintern to Taunton next year ?). From Avon bridge south you can use my routes, north though I’ve only done it once or twice, I followed the NCN route each time...

Following on from my other thread, here’s my view as Taunton local about the best ways out of Taunton and to get up to Bristol. As with the other thread, yes you can always just go up the A38. I don’t like that road and wouldn’t want to myself. I also think that the best option is to aim for the Shu...

Norman H wrote:Strictly speaking “Rob's passage” is is an alternative route between Crediton and Bickleigh that avoids the A3072 and the Cadbury Hills. It joins Honesty's routes 1 & 2 at Bickleigh.

Yep, and you can divert at Thorverton and pick up options 3 or 4 by going through Silverton.

Hope people find this useful. If it's wanted I can do the same for Taunton to Bristol as well? OK, so there are loads of ways of getting from Exeter to Taunton whilst you’re doing your LEJoG, but as a Taunton resident I thought I’d detail what in my mind would be the best 4 routes depending on your ...

So we're currently touring the Cotswolds and sounding area. Having a fantastic time so so of thevtowns and villages are stunning. We started in Bath and are now in Stratford on Avon.We are going Burford today then a loop to Oxford tomorrow. We are looking for suggestions for our last 2 nights.We ne...

would that be the Weston Super Mare junction to the M5? Ridiculous cycle path that crosses over the lanes of traffic then makes you cycle round the inside of the roundabout, then cross all the traffic again to get out onto the A370. Its all ok though, the MP there said it was "safe"... Yo...

When I cycled the Pennine Cycleway, I did it with full camping kit over a week. I generally ate the following: 8am Breakfast made in the camp site, porridge with raisins and coffee. Make a flask of coffee up for the ride. 10am stop at the nearest store and buy a meal deal and an extra cake, plus 2 p...

not that specific model, but I have a Vango Meteor 300, and the length on it is very good. I'm 5' 11" and theres a good half a foot at least between my feet and then end of the tent. I think the current version of this is the Nova?? Anyway, I'd recommend it over the Cairngorm for internal space...

Cornwall and Devon are difficult not because of the total amount of climbing, but because the climbs are short, sharp, and unremitting. It just goes up and down all the way...

Day Three Tiverton to Portishead Premier Inn. 77 miles. Thankfully flat but got soaked three times. Memo to self: never take a cycle path unless you can see where it’s going. I took one that started by the A38 after Bridgwater but veered away into a giant spiders web of an estate that got me and th...

Good luck!

When I did the Cornish way a few years ago I luckily noticed the Camborne diversion before riding it, and just carried on cycling direct into town. One of the more bizarre little loops on the Sustrans routes I’ve ridden.

I sat and watched the route rides last night by the guy who wrote the guide book. What a fantastic route. There are definitely bits I'd be worried going over on my trad touring bike. Going to have to go and investigate off road touring bikes now... Not sure I would tackle the Basingstoke canal at t...