Bods often ask for ‘Great biking roads’. By this, I guess they mean great roads to ride a motorcycle along. What this overlooks is that lots of other road users like to ride the same or very similar roads and, more often than not, like to stay in pretty much the same sort of hotels.
When looking for ideas or inspiration, don’t limit yourself to the narrow confines of UKGSer. Surf about. Look at bicycle websites. Look at car websites. Use some imagination and make a tiny bit of effort.
Here’s an example:
It has nothing whatsoever to do with motorbikes. But, a penny to a pound says that the vast majority of the umpteen routes and cols suggested would be “Great road, mate” if you were hooning up on your awsome, as opposed to sweating up in lycra, blasting up in a Ferrari 488 or just tootling along in your Morris Minor.
When looking for ideas or inspiration, don’t limit yourself to the narrow confines of UKGSer. Surf about. Look at bicycle websites. Look at car websites. Use some imagination and make a tiny bit of effort.
Here’s an example:
The Club of 100 Cols
One vague advantage of having a ruptured Achilles, is that you get a chance to surf around, looking for new ideas. One thing I tripped over is this: Club of 100 Cols Sample to tap around in Vosges example Whilst these pages are full of hatred for bicyclists (and much more besides) I...
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It has nothing whatsoever to do with motorbikes. But, a penny to a pound says that the vast majority of the umpteen routes and cols suggested would be “Great road, mate” if you were hooning up on your awsome, as opposed to sweating up in lycra, blasting up in a Ferrari 488 or just tootling along in your Morris Minor.
