Zaphod
New Member
Hi!
Right, on Tuesday I'm planning to cycle from my house (Midsomer Norton, 10-ish miles south of Bath) to my friend's house in Watford. This will be my first ride of over 75 miles, and my first ride over 30 on my Spesh Allez.
I'm most probably going to go to Bath and then from thereon mix it up a bit between the good bits of the Avon & Kennet Towpath and roads, until I get to Reading at which point I'll go on roads to Watford. I'm going to leave pretty early in the morning as I have absolutely no idea how long it will take me!
So my questions to you folks are; do you have any tips? any parts of the towpath particularly good/to avoid? I've done Bath to Devizes before but that was on a mountain bike, I'll probably stay mainly on roads because I'm not sure how well the Allez will cope on the rougher bits of the towpath...
Thanks! Jake.
Right, on Tuesday I'm planning to cycle from my house (Midsomer Norton, 10-ish miles south of Bath) to my friend's house in Watford. This will be my first ride of over 75 miles, and my first ride over 30 on my Spesh Allez.
I'm most probably going to go to Bath and then from thereon mix it up a bit between the good bits of the Avon & Kennet Towpath and roads, until I get to Reading at which point I'll go on roads to Watford. I'm going to leave pretty early in the morning as I have absolutely no idea how long it will take me!
So my questions to you folks are; do you have any tips? any parts of the towpath particularly good/to avoid? I've done Bath to Devizes before but that was on a mountain bike, I'll probably stay mainly on roads because I'm not sure how well the Allez will cope on the rougher bits of the towpath...
Thanks! Jake.