National Road Bike Network?

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Solocle

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Poole
Hi all,

I was contemplating the, shall we say, varied, quality of NCN routes, and difficulty traversing them, especially with road bikes.

I was wondering about having signage for alternative routes - seeking a direct, fast, low traffic alternative to main roads, and suitable in all cases for a road bike.
If there are gates causing accessibility problems... try getting them removed, but in the meantime sign an alternative route for cargo/non-standard cycles.

I think it's perfectly feasible to get such routes signed, in accordance with regulations, if you have the appropriate authorization (I also believe that the CTC/Cycling UK have legal rights to erect some form of signs, although I don't no the details of that).
1. The cycle route numbers may be varied and may include capital letters
and, where indicating another route to which the route leads, shown in
brackets, or omitted. Additional route numbers in separate patches may be
shown alongside the route number patch
2. The background colour of the route number patch must be varied to blue
when the route forms part of a regional cycle route network
3. When indicating a route other than a national or regional cycle route
network, the route number and background of the route number patch may
be in any contrasting colours
. Where the route number patch has a light
background the white edge to the patch must be omitted
4. The background may be varied to brown when the symbol is
incorporated in a sign which shows only tourist destinations and leisure
facilities
I envision something like this, where NCN routes can be signed if they're of appropriate quality!
TestSign.png
 
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