106 km forum ride from Leighton Buzzard to Chilterns and Aylesbury Vale, 5th Aug 2017

[ColinJ]

Questions about parking, the route or any other local issues will have to be answered by @shirokazan because I am new to the area. My sister only moved there a few weeks ago so I have only spent 3 days there so far and haven't cycled around there at all!

 

[Pennine-Paul]

It would have been nice to do a ride here and visit my brother who lives in Leighton Buzzard, unfortunately I'll be in South Wales with my fiance visiting her relatives that weekend!
Another time perhaps.........

 

[shirokazan]

any car parking other than station as will drive over and back ?

There's room for a car on my drive. And the road outside my house has yellow lines but they're not in force on a Saturday. I live about 1 minute by bike from the railway station.

 

[biggs682]

There's room for a car on my drive. And the road outside my house has yellow lines but they're not in force on a Saturday. I live about 1 minute by bike from the railway station.

great thanks

 

[ColinJ]

It would have been nice to do a ride here and visit my brother who lives in Leighton Buzzard, unfortunately I'll be in South Wales with my fiance visiting her relatives that weekend!
Another time perhaps.........

Pencil in Sun, 24th September this year! (It is my sister's 60th birthday party the day before so I will definitely be down again that weekend.)

 

[CharlieB]

Oh what a shame @ColinJ . That's my neck of the woods and I'd love to join you were it not for the fact I'm otherwise engaged on the 5th.
You'll love the proposed route, trust me, and enjoy.

PS There's another windmill in Cholesbury on route.
PPS 24th September pencilled in.

 

[biggs682]

Well, let's stick to 09:00 then!

Sorry guys i am out already after asking she who must be obeyed last night re any plans and getting told no , just been told we are grandchild sitting that day so sorry

There's room for a car on my drive. And the road outside my house has yellow lines but they're not in force on a Saturday. I live about 1 minute by bike from the railway station.

car parking space not required now see above

 

[ColinJ]

Sorry guys i am out already after asking she who must be obeyed last night re any plans and getting told no , just been told we are grandchild sitting that day so sorry

That's a shame! See if you can make the 24th September ride instead?

 

[toffee]

That's a shame! See if you can make the 24th September ride instead?

Is the 24th September ride the same route? I think I am now free on the 24th as it is now the 17th I have been booked as a student taxi. That may change of course

 

[steverob]

Interesting route. I live right in the middle of it all (Aylesbury) so am very familiar with the whole area and have probably tackled 90% of the hills you're doing, although I'd normally do a route like that anti-clockwise, so if you're after any advice on which climbs are harder/easier, I'll have to recall them from when I've gone downhill on them!

 

[biggs682]

That's a shame! See if you can make the 24th September ride instead?

Have left it in diary in case things change

 

[ColinJ]

Is the 24th September ride the same route? I think I am now free on the 24th as it is now the 17th I have been booked as a student taxi. That may change of course

We might ride north of the Chilterns next time but that remains to be decided.

Interesting route. I live right in the middle of it all (Aylesbury) so am very familiar with the whole area and have probably tackled 90% of the hills you're doing, although I'd normally do a route like that anti-clockwise, so if you're after any advice on which climbs are harder/easier, I'll have to recall them from when I've gone downhill on them!

Thanks for the offer. I'm not really worried about any of the hills because they should all be easier than the ones that I am used to here 'oop north'! I have a super-low 28/30 grovelling gear which can get me up virtually anything, providing that there isn't a savage gradient (20+%) PLUS a horrid headwind.

 

[jayonabike]

We might ride north of the Chilterns next time but that remains to be decided.
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I could plot a route as I do all my riding in Hertfordshire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire. I have a lovely route that goes over the Chilterns into Oxfordshire and back.

 

[Sea of vapours]

I have a super-low 28/30 grovelling gear which can get me up virtually anything, providing that there isn't a savage gradient (20+%) PLUS a horrid headwind.

That never happens though, does it

Looks a nice route. The views across to the Chilterns are better than the views from them for that section, but the woods are rather nice in their own right.

 

[ColinJ]

I could plot a route as I do all my riding in Hertfordshire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire. I have a lovely route that goes over the Chilterns into Oxfordshire and back.

Any suggestions welcome ... @shirokazan has something in mind but it would be interesting to compare your suggestions!

I'm thinking roughly 105 kms (65 miles), starting and finishing at Leighton Buzzard station with a decent cafe stop at about 55-60 kms (34-37 miles).

That never happens though, does it

How did you guess what I had in my mind when I posted that ...? (HINT for those who don't follow our rides! )