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What do you think are the 'Classic Routes' for bike touring?
Hello riders www.cylingtheworld.org the new website dedicated
exclusively to bike tourists would like to hear what you consider to be 'Classic Routes' for cyclist around the world in order to compile a comprehensive selection in its tours section by including your suggestions. What should be included in your opinion? Any links to relevant routes will also be appreciated. Thanks |
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What do you think are the 'Classic Routes' for bike touring?
1. The Mosel from Koblenz to Trier, Germany
2. The Danube upstream from Vienna, especially from Krems to Melk 3. The St. Lawrence from Montreal to Quebec and beyond, on Route 138. 4. The Lake Michigan shore from Menominee to St. Ignace, MI, on US 2 "gianni" wrote in message om... Hello riders www.cylingtheworld.org the new website dedicated exclusively to bike tourists would like to hear what you consider to be 'Classic Routes' for cyclist around the world in order to compile a comprehensive selection in its tours section by including your suggestions. What should be included in your opinion? Any links to relevant routes will also be appreciated. Thanks |
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What do you think are the 'Classic Routes' for bike touring?
= In Australia, crossing the Nullarbor by bicycle.
= In North Amercia, crossing the continent (many different routes in US/Canada) --mev, Mike Vermeulen 1. The Mosel from Koblenz to Trier, Germany 2. The Danube upstream from Vienna, especially from Krems to Melk 3. The St. Lawrence from Montreal to Quebec and beyond, on Route 138. 4. The Lake Michigan shore from Menominee to St. Ignace, MI, on US 2 "gianni" wrote in message . com... Hello riders www.cylingtheworld.org the new website dedicated exclusively to bike tourists would like to hear what you consider to be 'Classic Routes' for cyclist around the world in order to compile a comprehensive selection in its tours section by including your suggestions. What should be included in your opinion? Any links to relevant routes will also be appreciated. Thanks |
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Manali - Leh
What should be included in your opinion?
The Manali - Leh road in India, is clearly one of them. It goes almost 500 km (300 miles) on altitudes above 3000 m, crossing five high passes, two higher than 5000 m. A splendid ride. Rarely had so much fun. There is a trip report on http://www.lowdin.nu/MTB/MTB-Himalaya.html. Any links to relevant routes will also be appreciated. There is a page with links to other cyclists reports on the url above. Quite a few do the Manali - Leh ride, not so it gets crowded but many enough to create a sense of that there is a cycling community present, one keeps track of one another, meet again, etc. There are also quite a few supported group rides. Per http://lowdin.nu |
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What do you think are the 'Classic Routes' for bike touring?
"Mike Vermeulen" wrote in message ... = In Australia, crossing the Nullarbor by bicycle. = In North Amercia, crossing the continent (many different routes in US/Canada) --mev, Mike Vermeulen 1. The Mosel from Koblenz to Trier, Germany I've done that. Not bad. My list which of the best I've done. 1. Barcelona - Santiago in Spain. 2. Madrid, Chinchon, Aranjuez, Toledo, Talavera, Gredos, Avila, Segovia, Madrid. 3. West Coast of Scotland. 4. West Cork/Kerry in Ireland. 5. Clare Connemara, Ireland. 6. Donegal, Ireland. 7. Malaga - Seville - Malaga. 8. Devon and Cornwall, England ( Very hard) 9. Anywhere in Alps and Pyrenees,. 10. Anywhere in Corsica. 11. Peloponnisos, Greece. 12. Paris - Nice. 13. Strasbourg - Nice. 14. La Rochelle Carcassonne. 15. Romantische Strasse and Bavaria, Germany,. 16. Dolomites, Italy. 17. Catalunya. 18. Sardinia. (food not great). |
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What do you think are the 'Classic Routes' for bike touring?
Looks like you've had lots of fun touring, seeing how long is your list,
Gary. 7. Malaga - Seville - Malaga. Sharon and I rode there (in November) after Gary kept promoting Spain, and Yes the area southeast of Seville was great (though we didn't try Malaga itself). We enjoyed the Dordogne - Lot - Perigord - Quercy region of France, and so have lots of other people. For a "route", how about the one in Cycling France by Sally Dillon et al (Lonely Planet). And I'd also agree with picking almost any nice town in the French Alps and start exploring. 5. Clare Connemara, Ireland. 6. Donegal, Ireland. If these are on a list of "classics", then the Hudson river valley of New York belongs on it too. Because other than a few seaside views, the good routes in the Hudson valley are superior in every other way: variety, house-architecture, farm-architecture, food, road quality, color, variety. Going village-to-village, bakery-deli to deli-bakery thru the farms of Columbia county and northern Dutchess is great, and a loop thru there would be a classic of its own, definitely superior to Vermont, as some bicycle tour organizers are now discovering (http://bikenewyork.org/HVRR.htm and http://bikeescapades.com/hudson) But here's a one-way "classic" route which is supported by major train and bus lines: New York City to Glens Falls - (? and on to Montreal ?) by way of: Seven Lakes Drive, Storm King Mountain Highway, New Paltz, Woodstock, Rhinebeck, Kinderhook, Rensselaer, then secondary roads mostly alongside the Hudson river up to Glens Falls. And for a great "prologue", spend a day riding around New York City itself. details below. Ken __________________________________________ Details of route Different local riders have their own favorite roads for visiting and connecting the great places -- mine are on Bike Hudson Valley (http://roberts-1.com/bikehudson/r/map), and that website has links to other people's routes. - - prologue: New York Harbor Circle (NYH on map) - - NYC to Bear Mt (BMA on map, sections A + B) (variations might be the "river road" under the GWB to Nyack, or a visit to the delightful paved off-road Saddle River trail in Bergen county NJ) - - Bear Mt / Newburgh-Beacon loop (BNB, second half = west side) - - Newburgh - Beacon / Mid-Hudson loop (NBM, reverse first half = west side), but there's probably some better way to get to New Paltz (and those who don't like hills should skip the ridge-top orchard views). - - New Paltz to Ashokan Reservoir (NPA) to Woodstock around Ashokan Reservoir (WoA), then some secondary roads to the Kingston - Rhinecliff bridge. (shorter is to take NPK) - - Rhinebeck to Tivoli (RhT) to TG to LoF -- though reversing the second halves of those routes might be more fun. - - Rip Van Winkle / Albany loop (east side) (go to River Routes map, RVD) - - Albany-Rensselaer to Glens Falls: see reports on http://roberts-1.com/bikehudson/v/no.../river/reports and the Mohawk Hudson Cycling Club website. - - Glens Falls to Montreal? someone else will have to contribute that. Trying to keep the route simple by just taking major roads is not going to provide a "classic" route thru the Hudson valley -- unless you like seeing lots of strip malls and truck traffic. The official New York state "Bicycle Route 9" is generally good, but by trying to keep the total mileage and hills lower, it misses some of the really great riding in the Hudson valley. Ken |
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What do you think are the 'Classic Routes' for bike touring?
I would list the following among true "Classic Routes" (though not
necessarily my absolute favorites rides): Big Sur (central California coastal road) West coast of South Island, New Zealand Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia Puerto Montt, Chile to Bariloche, Argentina Carretera Austral, southern Chile Icefields Parkway, Alberta, Canada Going-to-the-Sun Highway, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA Loire Valley, France bike path through the dunes in coastal Netherlands Chott Jarid, Tunisia My favorite routes, OTOH, include: Dordogne/Lot/Cele valleys in southwest France Grosse Scheidegg pass, Switzerland (1 day ride) Going-to-the-Sun Road (see above) Montana, USA (1 day ride) almost anywhere in Corsica Puerto Montt, Chile to Bariloche, Argentine (see above) road to Hana & beyond, Maui, Hawaii, USA north coast of Kauai, and Waimea Canyon, Kauai, Hawaii, USA Golden Triangle region, northern Thailand Tasmania, Australia |
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What do you think are the 'Classic Routes' for bike touring?
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What do you think are the 'Classic Routes' for bike touring?
I agree that the networks of little "tertiary" paved roads in agricultural
areas of France are pretty amazing. logarto wrote Anywhere in the wine country of France with the paved cart paths for grape extraction that can run for fifteen miles. Anywhere between Tacoma, Washington and Prince Rupert, BC (Islands or Mainland, ferry boat rides inclusive.) I think you've gotten the boat rides merged with the bicycling in your memories. Or maybe you toured there a long long time ago when the roads in the San Juan islands were different. Except for a few nice miles on Lopez island, Sharon and I were unimpressed with the actual bicycling in the San Juan islands. We could see how it compared favorably against the mainland roads around Seattle and Everett and lots of places in the USA -- but we could easily think of ten routes in the Hudson valley of NY that were better than most of the San Juans. And the best of Europe that I've seen so far is like two tiers above. Ken |
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What do you think are the 'Classic Routes' for bike touring?
Interesting thread.
Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA Yes, lots of altitude, and change of ecology, splendid ride. http://www.lowdin.nu/MTB/Colorado/Rmnp1.jpg The Million Dollar high way is another Colorado ride that deserves to be listed as classic http://www.lowdin.nu/MTB/Colorado/Molasspass1.JPG and that can be said of the Independence Pass (between Aspen and Leadville) too http://www.lowdin.nu/MTB/Colorado/Independence5.JPG Anywhere in the Balearic Islands That has to be qualified. Classic routes, routes one should do once in a life time, on Mallorca is a complete traverse of the Tramuntana mountains from Andratx to Porto Pollenca, and of course the Sa Calobra climb. http://www.lowdin.nu/MTB/mallorca04/...June_2004.html Where is Jobst Brandt? He can list the classic routes in the Alps better than anyone. A few that has to be included: Passo Stelvio, Col Du Galiber, Route Napoleon, Passo Sella (preferably, to be classic, on should do a complete circuit of the Sella Massif), Furka Pass (watershed between the Rhone and Rhein). Per http://lowdin.nu |
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