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London to Brighton

by The Londoner 📏Distance: 64 mile  ⏱️ Duration: 5.5-6 hours 🚴 Difficulty: Advance 🚲 Terrain: Road 🗺️ GBX file Those who follow our blog know that occasionally, The Londoner packs his backpack and sets off with a group of cyclists on journeys across the United Kingdom. The route from London to Brighton, between 64 to 70 miles (102-112 km, depends on the route), is a well-known cycling route in England. However, the pampered Londoners decided to combine it with some good wine along the way and spend half a day in Brighton, one of England's picturesque coastal towns, especially when...

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London to Windsor 🏰

by Cyclist Yoni 📏Distance: 40-50 mile  ⏱️ Duration: 3.5-4 hours 🚴 Difficulty: Intermediate 🚲 Terrain: Road 🗺️ GBX file A day out cycling is always a good idea when the summer sun starts shyly shining on the British Isles. An unexpectedly cosy day at the end of April, had brought us to experience a well-known cycling route: starting in London and ending in Windsor Castle. Here's how we've done it, including suggestions through which you could probably do it better. Our route reminds the one posted by Condor Cycles on Cycling UK's website, however, we tweaked it a bit, according...

Posted in Bike Blog expert Outside London

Way of the Roses

by the Londoner 📏Distance: 170 miles ⏱️ Duration: 3 to 5 days 🚴 Difficulty: Expert 🚲 Terrain: Road and Gravel One can mark his fortieth birthday in a number of ways: get an orange McLaren or a red Ferrari (or any other sports car for that matter); Get a tattoo/body pierced (or any other regrettable decision); An intoxicating weekend in Vegas; A boozy weekend in the Scottish Highlands; Or simply take your group of cyclists, and make them go through 280km in three days. As you may have guessed, the latter is exactly what we did.  The Londoner takes his...

overshoes review
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Winter Review Special: Do I Need Overshoes ?

by Cyclist Iain & Cyclist Yoni It's definitely an unpopular subject, but just as important as selecting the right jacket, especially when you're using your bike for the daily commute. Feet. Dry feet to be exact, are amongst what will keep you on your bike during winter, as opposed to staying in, wrecking your brains who delivers chicken noodle soup. It’s the eternal problem right?  The winter cyclists need to stay warm and dry despite the best attempts of the British weather to reduce them to a shivering wreck. This can lead to one of two things.  Either you end...

Oxfordshire Wiltshire 100 km
Posted in Cycling intermediate Outside London road Routes

Route: Oxfordshire and Wiltshire

by Cyclist Sharon, rides Road, MTB 📏Distance: 63 miles ⏱️ Duration: 4:41 hours 🚴 Difficulty: Intermediate 🚲 Terrain: road  During the first Sunday in September I took on a road ride around Oxfordshire and I dipped into Wiltshire.  I didn’t plan my route beforehand and just went where the wind took me! cycling route in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire - here we go! At the start of the ride I was planning to complete just over 50 miles but with a lot of determination before the 50 mile point I decided I would set myself the goal of getting past the...

gravel cycling route
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Gravel Cycling Route: Hatfield - St Albans

by Cyclist Yoni, rides Gravel, MTB & Brompton 📏Distance: 25 miles ⏱️ Duration: 2:45 hours 🚴 Difficulty: Gravel / Intermediate  🚲 Terrain: road  So I got my new gravel bike. Don't mean to brag, but they're great. Was really keen on putting them to the test with a gravel cycling route, and that was just the right weekend to do that: one "gang" member is glamping, the other one had friends from abroad isolating with them, So I took the Trekky with his hybrid, to test a gravel cycling route from Hatfield (30 mins from London) to  St. Albans.

Cycling Route in Oxfordshire
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Route: West Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds

by Cyclist Sharon, rides Road, MTB 📏Distance: 47 miles ⏱️ Duration: 3:44 hours 🚴 Difficulty: Intermediate 🚲 Terrain: road  Come July, I took advantage of the fair weather and took on a ride through the tranquil and picturesque Countryside of West Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds.  A cycling route in Oxfordshire is something that this blog was lacking thus far, and was very happy to pick up the gauntlet. Though this area is perfect all year long, especially when it's still warm, this route provides a perfect scene to wash your eyes with breathtaking rural English views.

social cycling route
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Route: Five Parks (London)

by Cyclist Yoni & Cyclist Chris, both ride Brompton 📏Distance: 27 miles ⏱️ Duration: 2:30 hours 🚴 Difficulty: Beginner  🚲 Terrain: road  Last Sunday we've taken on a rather "social cycling route". It was fairly long, but when you're riding in a group, the aim is not necessarily to find the highest cat-hill to climb or the hardest terrain to cross. Instead, we opted for a route where we could wash our eyes with great city-scapes , with a moderate plus effort level. We've named this route 'Five Parks'. Recommended for beginners with enough stamina for two and a half...

Guide - What to Pack for a long ride
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Guide: I'm a noob cyclist, what to pack for a long ride?

by Cyclist Yoni, rides Brompton, Gravel and MTB One of Cyclondon's most pressing aims is to help newbie cyclists getting comfortable with cycling. Those of you who have just now taken on cycling, may have some questions concerning some longer than usual rides, the most common one would be "What to pack for a long ride". We are meant to be a blog by cyclists for cyclists, and rather than some super-duper gear review which isn't useful to 99% of us, we will try to help you tackle issues as mentioned above.

cycling route folly arch
Posted in Climb - Category 4 climbs/hills Cycling intermediate road Routes routes in London

Route: Potters Bar & Folly Arch

by Cyclist Yoni, rides Brompton, Gravel and MTB 📏Distance: 18-18.5 miles ⏱️ Duration: 1:35 hours 🚴 Difficulty: intermediate 🚲 Terrain: road/uneven  Last Sunday we've taken on not only cycling up hill on a North to London route, but also 15-20 mph winds, which kept us humble throughout the course. The Folly Arch, which lies at the end of Potters Bar, was our half-way point, although if u have several hours, this can very well turn to a gravel/expert route all the way to Brookmans Park. A good cycling up hill effort if you want to practice some more than moderate...