At present there are two possible start dates, last week of May or the first week of June
Your best ride of 2025
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At present there are two possible start dates, last week of May or the first week of June
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
And I missed that ride with my dodgy hip. Too far.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
No great rides for me as recovery is taking a while from fracturing my hip socket and pelvis. I suppose getting out on the rough stuff on the CX bike at the end of April as a first outdoor ride since the incident in Early January.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
You'll probably be finished before I even begin then. My planned start is toward the end of June, meaning my finish will be early in July.
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
*steep
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
My best ride followed health scares and problems which had kept me off the bike for months. In July I bought an ebike and started to regain the joy.
Wonderful.
This ride took me just a couple of miles to a lovely view on a perfect day. Stonegallows in Taunton.
Wonderful.
This ride took me just a couple of miles to a lovely view on a perfect day. Stonegallows in Taunton.
Moodyman
Legendary Member
The UK is lovely in the summer.
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DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Mine was probably day 4 of the Glaudax Brittany tour I did in July from Loudeac to Redon: https://strava.app.link/BepHSRbSZYb
A lovely day weather wise, great scenery and an excellent route.
Days 1, 3, 5 and 6 were pretty good as well. Day 2 I enjoyed until it got too hot and I melted.
A lovely day weather wise, great scenery and an excellent route.
Days 1, 3, 5 and 6 were pretty good as well. Day 2 I enjoyed until it got too hot and I melted.
wakemalcolm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ratho
Day 2 of my tour this year.
I'd seen an estate road when walking on Beinn Eunaich (no sniggering at the back) a couple of years ago and from a distance it looked 'interesting'.
Camping just past Bridge of Orchy I went down Glen Kinglass which was great for a few miles, then single track for a bit recovering to rough gravel after a river crossing.
Seeing as there was a gap between 2 estates I thought there'd be enough traffic between them to make the routes better than advertised on the map. I was wrong. After a wet slab and the shonkiest bridge I've ever crossed
the road opened out onto a decent, if hilly estate road. Eventually I made it to Loch Etive and took the back road to Oban just in time to make the ferry to Lismore, home of the tallest cake in Scotland.
After the Appin ferry, I made it up to the Corran ferry taking in views of Castle Stalker on the way
From there, I made it to Strontian before nightfall and rewarded myself the next day with the biggest breakfast I'd ever seen.
I'd seen an estate road when walking on Beinn Eunaich (no sniggering at the back) a couple of years ago and from a distance it looked 'interesting'.
Camping just past Bridge of Orchy I went down Glen Kinglass which was great for a few miles, then single track for a bit recovering to rough gravel after a river crossing.
Seeing as there was a gap between 2 estates I thought there'd be enough traffic between them to make the routes better than advertised on the map. I was wrong. After a wet slab and the shonkiest bridge I've ever crossed
the road opened out onto a decent, if hilly estate road. Eventually I made it to Loch Etive and took the back road to Oban just in time to make the ferry to Lismore, home of the tallest cake in Scotland.
After the Appin ferry, I made it up to the Corran ferry taking in views of Castle Stalker on the way
From there, I made it to Strontian before nightfall and rewarded myself the next day with the biggest breakfast I'd ever seen.
Fergs
Guru
I think it was the Fridays ride to Whitstable Ashford Greenwich, in the teeth of Storm Whatsisname. Some fun wee lanes that you couldn’t use on a regular-sized group ride, and there’s something satisfying in snatching a victory from the jaws of defeat. The storm turning out to be far less hefty than advertised helped, too 
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
It was only 5 miles but great fun, did not know choppers had such a following in Spain.
Fredo76
Über Member
- Location
- Española, NM
Our family moved from Seattle to Tucson in 1970, from lush green landscapes to the dry, hot Sonoran desert. We gradually came to appreciate the differences, and grew to love the desert. One prime location was Saguaro National Monument, and as we went from 3-speeds to 10-speeds during the bike boom, the Cactus Loop Drive became our favorite place to ride. It's a one-way, 9-mile loop that has some of the steepest rolling hills I've ridden, with spendid scenery all the way around.
My brother and I made plans to ride around it together one more time, and last April we made the journey. It was quite a nostalgia trip. Tucson has tripled in population, but Saguaro National Park is like a time capsule, but one that you can ride through. My best friend joined us on his recumbent.
I told my brother that I had met my goal - to get around it without walking. He told me he had met his goal - to ride around it with me one more time. Well, yeah...
My brother and I made plans to ride around it together one more time, and last April we made the journey. It was quite a nostalgia trip. Tucson has tripled in population, but Saguaro National Park is like a time capsule, but one that you can ride through. My best friend joined us on his recumbent.
I told my brother that I had met my goal - to get around it without walking. He told me he had met his goal - to ride around it with me one more time. Well, yeah...
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
I was there too in Feb and noticed that they reopened the road at 3.30 when the workmen went home. Too late by then for a long circuit so I did the climb as an out-and-back. One of my best of the year too.
