Crankarm
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Would like some opinions of riding from Glasgow to Glen Coe on the A82.
Just returned from a week of climbing in region of Ben Nevis and Glen Coe and have thought it would be nice to ride up into Glencoe from Glasgow then on to Mallaig and Skye. The A82 wasn't that busy although it is still winter with lots of snow on the mountains so really cold and beautiful scenes as the sun rises and sets. Traffic generally light.
However the A82 looks like it could be a very very busy and hazardous road as spring and summer arrive, even in late April early May it might be pretty busy. The road up to Glen Coe not that wide in places so you could easily be squashed by a tourist coach, a big truck or a loon towing a caravan or driving a motorhome. What are people's impressions of riding this road? If you have done, when was it - time of year and time of day and was your bike a fully loaded tourer or were you travelling lite on a spritely race road bike? Did you feel at risk from traffic riding on this section? Given I am hyper nervous on roads with traffic is this a good or bad idea? If it's likely to be too busy with traffic at this time of year then I'll just stick to riding a 7-10 day tour of Central and North Wales which is far less risky as the routes are almost deserted and the landscape just as scenic in a different kind of way.
TIA.
Just returned from a week of climbing in region of Ben Nevis and Glen Coe and have thought it would be nice to ride up into Glencoe from Glasgow then on to Mallaig and Skye. The A82 wasn't that busy although it is still winter with lots of snow on the mountains so really cold and beautiful scenes as the sun rises and sets. Traffic generally light.
However the A82 looks like it could be a very very busy and hazardous road as spring and summer arrive, even in late April early May it might be pretty busy. The road up to Glen Coe not that wide in places so you could easily be squashed by a tourist coach, a big truck or a loon towing a caravan or driving a motorhome. What are people's impressions of riding this road? If you have done, when was it - time of year and time of day and was your bike a fully loaded tourer or were you travelling lite on a spritely race road bike? Did you feel at risk from traffic riding on this section? Given I am hyper nervous on roads with traffic is this a good or bad idea? If it's likely to be too busy with traffic at this time of year then I'll just stick to riding a 7-10 day tour of Central and North Wales which is far less risky as the routes are almost deserted and the landscape just as scenic in a different kind of way.
TIA.
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