Stalybridge to MCR airport by bike on/ off road
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Bit of a crap route for a commute tbh. I'd be looking to go via Hyde, Bredbury, Stockport
However @I like Skol is your expert here
Fantastic leisure cycling on your doorstep from 'bridge....if you enjoy hills that is
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Just looking at a route now, although it will miss the sh!te hole of Ashton out altogether. You don't want to ride through there unless you have to!
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
OK, a lot of this really depends on your time of travel and aversion to cycling in traffic (if at all bothered?). The route suggested by ColinJ is a possibility but with a little local knowledge I would tweak it to THIS if you want to use the Fallowfield Loop. Once you cut out the crap around Ashton and tidy up the zig-zag bit from the Fallowfield Loop out to the airport it is actually a pretty good route.
Probably my preferred option would be THIS as it possibly uses the quickest cycling roads to keep the journey time to a minimum (quite important if you are doing this regularly?). As it happens it follows a good chunk of my commute as I ride Ashton to Hazel Grove.
I would avoid Cheetham Hill road like the plague! It is busy, double parked and cars go too fast for the confined space it creates. The roads I have chosen are more open and spacious, although you will never escape the fact this will be a largely urban commute.
If you ever want to practice riding any of the routes give me a shout and I'll see what I can do. A new cycle buddy in the locality won't be a bad thing
Probably my preferred option would be THIS as it possibly uses the quickest cycling roads to keep the journey time to a minimum (quite important if you are doing this regularly?). As it happens it follows a good chunk of my commute as I ride Ashton to Hazel Grove.
I would avoid Cheetham Hill road like the plague! It is busy, double parked and cars go too fast for the confined space it creates. The roads I have chosen are more open and spacious, although you will never escape the fact this will be a largely urban commute.
If you ever want to practice riding any of the routes give me a shout and I'll see what I can do. A new cycle buddy in the locality won't be a bad thing
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I don't know the area at all - I just set Google Maps loose on it!
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
If you go by tram, you'll leave for work clean shaven and get there with a full beard.
If it were me I'd just bazz down the old road make my way over to washway- Marsland road- Baguley- Dobinnets rd- Airport.
Did more or less that for ooh 14 years.
If it were me I'd just bazz down the old road make my way over to washway- Marsland road- Baguley- Dobinnets rd- Airport.
Did more or less that for ooh 14 years.
Ta
I wouldn't feel safe on Dobinetts/Whitecarr - too narrow and twisting with impatient taxis rushing to the airport.
I'd take a slightly longer route along Hale Road and then use the cycle path along Runger Lane. Maybe look at a possible short cut via Brooks Drive.
I'd take a slightly longer route along Hale Road and then use the cycle path along Runger Lane. Maybe look at a possible short cut via Brooks Drive.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Leaway2
Lycrist
- Location
- Manchester (Sale)
I do indeed. I don't particularly like Hale road it is a bit too busy. I do it, but I prefer the lanes, which are narrow, but pretty quiet (I guess this depends on the time).
If you do go down Hale road towards the motorway, take a look at Hasty lane (left) just before the motorway. It has been resurfaced and takes you, via a ped tunnel under the M60, to Runger lane.
Have a look at my Strava
@clid61 Will you be working "at" the airport. If so there is a Bicycle user group which meets regularly. I can also help with the various facilities lockers showers/cycles compounds, some of which need a code and one, the one I use, needs a magnetic swipe card.
Edit: just read it properly. You are moving so may already be an airport worker.
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