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  • Graham K
    Graham K Posts: 329
    zippy483 wrote:
    Littleborough, Mainly loops over the edge Todmorden and HB Clockwise and AntiClockwise, Long Causeway, Whitworth, Rossendale Forest etc .

    Where/who/what are you? I live in littleborough up Shore Road near the King Bill.

    I probably ride similar places to you, this morning I did sowerby bridge, up Tuel lane and back through Mytholmroyd and HB then back to base.

    Taking a mate over cragg vale tonight I think.

    Pass through the Boro many a time, Our new fad for an evening ride is upto Tod n back.
    Lance9109 wrote:
    Wirral here. Regular jaunts around Wirral, South Wirral, Chester, Cheshire, and into North Wales. Golf is my other sport and feel particularly blessed to be a North Westerner for both cycling and golf!

    Was that way on last month on the LiverpoolChesterLiverpool, Some nice roads over there.
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,290
    Graham, you can pick up Cragg vale with a few more miles.

    Where do you start?
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • zippy483
    zippy483 Posts: 104
    zippy483 wrote:
    Littleborough, Mainly loops over the edge Todmorden and HB Clockwise and AntiClockwise, Long Causeway, Whitworth, Rossendale Forest etc .

    Where/who/what are you? I live in littleborough up Shore Road near the King Bill.

    I probably ride similar places to you, this morning I did sowerby bridge, up Tuel lane and back through Mytholmroyd and HB then back to base.

    Taking a mate over cragg vale tonight I think.

    Middle of the boro, drink in the King Bill very occasionally more on Tuesdays when Ian and Shane had it.

    Never seem to quite get over as far as Sowerby despite my best intentions, keep getting seduced by the thought of coffee in HB when I get to the top of the edge :(
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,290
    Yeh it's a shame they left, that said the brewery we're taking the piss with rent.

    You've probably seen us knocking about there, I live in the estate just before the pub.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • Cheshire, mainly ride ino the peaks, but occasionally cheat and get some easy miles round the peovers / knutsford etc.
  • AshW92
    AshW92 Posts: 67
    From Lancaster, usually riding in the hills about or over in the Trough of Bowland
  • Graham K
    Graham K Posts: 329
    Graham, you can pick up Cragg vale with a few more miles.

    Where do you start?

    We meet up Oldham way, Cragg is alright if we have the time, its just having the time to loop it.
  • Preston. Regular commutes to Blackburn, over Hoghton Tower, and club rides, just about everywhere!!
  • mrkev83
    mrkev83 Posts: 184
    Live in Eccleston. Commute to Atherton via Wigan-hindley. Thinking of going via appley Bridge and round the south of wigan.

    Pleasure rides on days off take me Southport way
    http://www.strava.com/athletes/mrkev83

    Built for comfort... Not for speed
  • I live in Northwich. Usuallu go up to Lymm, Knutsford, Marple or down to Frodsham and Delamere. In the week I commute to Salford Quays a few days a week. Off work this week and next so really putting it in, 136 Miles since Monday so I am very pleased.
    Specialized Roubiax elite
    Pinarello Uno
    Shwin MTB

    http://www.strava.com/athletes/hughes_terry
  • Sorry for the threadnomancy, but if any of you guys cycle around Urmston/Altrincham/Dunham etc, this will be of interest:

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/3746401 ... 344956513/

    Basically, a landowner is trying to stop members of the public walking/cycling/riding down a half-mile or so section of Birch Road in Carrington. It's a traffic-free private road that's been used by everyone for at least 40 years. It is by far the safest way to get from Urmston to Altrincham as the alternatives are a very busy and narrow country lane populated by fast cars and lorries, and a very busy and slightly wider industrial estate lane populated by the same.

    We've kicked up a real stink, everyone is royally pissed off by this, and we're looking to resolve the situation either by formal agreement (unbelievably, one already exists but the landowner has conveniently forgotten about it), or by turning it into a right of way. Trafford Council are involved, and Carrington Parish Council are also taking a lead.

    If anyone here uses it, please could you contact Carrington Parish Council, or Trafford Council's rights of way office. If we lose this route, people will either stop cycling or risk their lives on two roads that are completely unsuited to cycling.