Category: Outside London

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.