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not resolvedI'm training for the 4 Abbey's sportive in the Borders this summer and looking to find some nice routes round Edinburgh and the surrounding area between 40 and 100k in distance. Can be road or path, hilly or flat but does need to be suitable for a road bike (The Pencaitland Railway was about the limit of what my partner's bike would suffer). We have a car rack so can start from anywhere within an hour of the centre.
So what are your favourite routes?
Hey TK
I reckon you may have seen this already, but hedging that guess, a handy link if not...
The Radgeworks
Just in case Dave doesn't read your thread I'll link for him; I've done most of this route but diverted off to end in Gala.
http://mccraw.co.uk/cycling-around-the-pentlands/
There are plenty of nice routes in East Lothian (esp south of the A1) and Midlothian. In both it's possible to minimise exposure to traffic. My favourite rides usually involve the B road through the Moorfoots to Innerleithen.
My favourite rides usually involve the B road through the Moorfoots to Innerleithen.
Yeah I love that bit of road, need to get down there this year. Just a pita getting to it.
Don't forget to plan in cafe stops
I have routes in west Lothain mostly. A70 to the west Calder turn, down through Harburn then turn left at x-roads, quiet road to Woolfords and the speed camera, then from auchengray three options the longest one via Wilsontown to the car stairs esker. Stop at apple pie bakery in Carnwath then blast back the Lang Whang, assuming southwesterly wind.
If looking at more hills, then down to Broxburn then Bo'ness and up to Linlithgow, Bathgate alps, Blackburn then addiewell, west Calder and back, can detour via Climpy for Col du Climpy and Braehead, if nice day.
My favourite rides usually involve the B road through the Moorfoots to Innerleithen.
Traditionally, I do my first ride up the Granites on the morning of Paris-Roubaix. Often gets the added bonus of loads of mating toads and hungry herons at Heriot Water if the weather's good. Not long to wait now.
Back OT, favourite rides from Edinburgh by category are:
Flat and fast (when there isn't a strong westerly) - East Lothian via Musselburgh, Prestonpans, loop on the back roads from Aberlady to West Fenton etc, back by Gullane. I'd advise avoiding the inland mainroad of A198 and B1377 which tends to feature impatient and or fast driving.
Long climbs - The Granites via Middleton. Depending where you turn back on the B7007 between Middleton and Innerleithen you can do one, two, three or four long "easy" climbs, or you can throw in a nasty one by going over Soutra if you're happy to do a mile or so on the A7.
Nippy steeper climbs - Bathgate Alps: any combination of the lanes in the rectangle between Winchburgh, Broxburn, Linlithgow and Bathgate.
Epic climbs - the Lammermuirs from Gifford to Duns.
If you are going through the Moorfoots to Innerleithen then it's possible to continue either East or West along the quiet road on the South bank of the Tweed - most of the traffic sticks to the North Bank.
There's also the cycle path towards Peebles that has the advantage of being more or less flat.
I hate A class roads so most of my routes are just quiet roads linking the following A road crossing points including:
A1: Inveresk; Tranent; Byres Hill or East Linton.
A68: Cousland, Pathhead; Fala or Soutra.
A7: Lothianbridge; Gorebridge (the Lady Brae) or North Middleton. Heriot to the Soutra turn at a push.
A703: Waterheads (to Shiplaw or Eddleston and on to the Meldons).
A701: Macbiehill or Station Road into West Linton.
Plot them on a map and join the dots. E.g. Pathhead to North Middleton to Waterheads to Shiplaw to east Linton via Macbiehill. Or Byres Hill south to wherever to East Linton.
Training? This sounds novel? What is this black magic? Amir was saying something about training this morning? Is this where you take you bike on train rides to see the countryside?
;O)
Training is what you do as a by-product of cycling out to cafes.
@DaveC, I could call them 100km DIYs.
My 'Flat 100km':
Granton Square - Cramond - FRB - Ferry Toll Rd - Crossford - Rt at A994 - L at William St (A907) - Alloa Cycle Path to end and Rtn.
About as flat a 100km as can be found from Edinburgh !
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