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A friend wants To start commuting but wants either a quiet or off Rd route
Any suggestions ?
Gaz
Any suggestions ?
Gaz
Parrs Wood Road is fine - includes a decent cycle lane.
Cycle down there until you get to a crossroads with Mauldath Road. Continue over to Edgerton Road, take second right into Royal Street.
Continue to end, turn left on Ladybarn Lane. Pass back of Sainsburys. Cross over onto shared path that runs down the side of the Armitage Centre Uni sports grounds. Then follow the cycle signs this takes you round the back of Rusholme, down past the back of the Toast Rack (MMU Hollings) and round quiet roads past one of the colleges. This brings you out at EBC (Edinburgh bike co-op) - can now join cycle lane through Whitworth Park, then on down Oxford road.
This is the recommended cyucle route above !
I would not recommend cycling down Wilmslow Road in Rusholme if the person want's a quiet route in.
My personal preference is Parrs Wood Road, then after sainsburys, go right down Mossley Road and join the A34 into town, or I usually take the A34 Kingsway from Didsbury/Parrs Wood all the way in. It's busy, but the road is wide and there are few side roads.
Manchester do a range of cycle maps, some of which I think are even online. These are quite good for picking a resonably quiet route in. You could look at the university cycling pages, as they have led routes in from Didsbury. These are pretty good for beginners.
Does your friend know about Bike Fridays?
They cycle as a group into the City Centre, think one meeting up place is at Withington Library
Manchester do a range of cycle maps, some of which I think are even online. These are quite good for picking a resonably quiet route in. You could look at the university cycling pages, as they have led routes in from Didsbury. These are pretty good for beginners.
took me ages to find those maps..( which are quite good and cover manchester and greater manchester areas)