Decent routes.

Anonymous

Hi.

Does anyone know any fairly decent routes around/out of manchester that dont involve too many 2/3lane roads and super busy roads? Preferably from the city center, I dare not go out on my bike as I know no where and the roads are so busy and I am getting lost easilly!

Tara911

if you can get to Didsbury you can get on the Trans Pennine trail... runs along the Mersey. I found a few paths that were more interesting than the trail as the trail is rather flat.

Anonymous

Tara911 wrote:

if you can get to Didsbury you can get on the Trans Pennine trail... runs along the Mersey. I found a few paths that were more interesting than the trail as the trail is rather flat.

Suitable for road bikes??

Tara911

not really... well you did post in the MTB section

Anonymous

Tara911 wrote:

not really... well you did post in the MTB section

Yea off topic since there is no off topic anywhere else.

Tara911

I believe that heading to Rusholme there are decent cycle paths... some are in the park.

I'll have a look on my cycle map tomorrow and come up with some ideas for you.

Anonymous

Tara911 wrote:

I believe that heading to Rusholme there are decent cycle paths... some are in the park.

I'll have a look on my cycle map tomorrow and come up with some ideas for you.

Are they long? I'm wanting to do sort of 40mile loops if possible.

Tara911

Manchester to Macc and back would be about that. The A6 can be busy in parts, but once you are past stockport it's not too bad.

hopper1

I'm sure you'd get plenty of direct help by posting in the 'Road' section of the forum.
The guys over there are helpful, too.