Cycling UK Forum

I have to agree, the road from LE to St. Ives is a great road to cycle. Also Penzance to LE via Mousehole is rather nice, so you could probably make up a nice loop Penzance-LE-St.Ives-Penzance.

Is there a headbadge on the front? Or if its missing an indication of how many rivets held it on? 3 rivets would back up the Raleigh theory.

It would seem that in the UK and France we are very fortunate with OS and Michelin respectively keeping a good back catalog of maps. I guess I will just have to make do with modern maps and use the liberation route markers as an indication of which roads were actually there at the time. Having the a...

Theres also no option to have a lock cheaper than £10.

I found some tweed plus twos on ebay for £4, great for winter. Unfortunately I am allergic to wool so can only wear them over longjohns and long socks. I also got myself some moleskin ones for less chilly days. if you try and find them on ebay, a little tip is to search for Breeks as you will get mo...

The Michelin historic maps only seem to cover France but I just found this:
http://www.liberationroute.com/#

Being able to download audio accounts of what happened to play when at locations marked with boulders could make this an interesting ride. It gives an indication of a route.

I have been toying with ideas for a tour for next year. It's about time I left the UK on my bike so I thought maybe Belgium or Holland. Then I had an idea that maybe to give my tour a theme I could follow the route from the film A Bridge too Far. Does anyone know where I could find maps from either ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q_ifItT5i8

Has Lejog on an office chair with a leaf blower been done?

This is my Royal Enfield Revelation outside The Royal Enfield in Redditch: http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/Russcoles11/Snapbucket/IMAG0126.jpg Cycled 800 miles to get there and no free pint! There is a Raleghs Cross inn at Raleighs cross on Exmoor, I do wonder why the Pub has a different sp...

I love my drum brakes. I use an old SA Elite VT front hub and an XRD5(w) rear. They are very low maintenance and are extremely powerful and reliable brakes. They are on 20" wheels so larger wheels may not have the same braking. What I love most about them is that no matter what the conditions t...

The area North of the Severn is hilly. Going south further from the Welsh border will be less hilly and the route along the south of the river from Gloucester to Bristol is very flat.

This would be my preferred route through Bristol: http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=466935 It does involve getting past a kissing gate to enter the path through Blaise Castle so may not be entirely ideal if you are heavily loaded. It takes you past Shirleys cafe at Severn Beach, which i...

I would personally avoid going across the Severn bridge and head for Gloucester and along the south of the River Severn then cross the Avon Bridge at Shirehampton and head through Clapton in Gordano to Clevedon. You would then head to Yatton and the Strawberry line cycle path, rejoining the A38 near...

When I did a trip from John O Groats back to Bristol, I bought a memorymap 2800. This obviously comes with the whole of the UK OS maps. I just find it easier to have the OS maps I am used to reading rather than some other type of map. Its quite nice to have contours and public houses marked as well....

If you want quiet and scenic, consider going via Arran. The route is a bit hilly and definitely not the shortest route but the scenery is fantastic. The A828 was a bit busy when I went down it and some of the coach drivers... If you beat the busy periods you then have a fantastic cycle path alongsid...