Routes in Tuscany
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rc856
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Hi folks,
A mate is heading to Tuscany with his bike, staying near to Larniano.
Does anyone know of good routes, particularly hills, in or around that area?
Also, any bike shops or good cafés:)
Cheers
A mate is heading to Tuscany with his bike, staying near to Larniano.
Does anyone know of good routes, particularly hills, in or around that area?
Also, any bike shops or good cafés:)
Cheers
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The Eroica, obviously. It is a permanently signposted 200 Km circular route that takes you through the Chianti and Crete regions. Half of it is on gravel roads (Strade Bianche)... it is a marvellous route, but it is quite an ambitious day out, maybe best split into two days.
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There's someone on here or Cycle Chat who's built up their own website from their own riding around Italy. If I can dig up a reference to it I'll put the link here.
EDIT: here you are: http://italy-cycling-guide.info/toscana/0 -
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Thanks very much for that Brian.
RC856 providing you stay away from the Via Cassia (SR2) and SR68 (and even these are OK in places and limited doses) it's fairly hard to go wrong.
I've not used them, but dfbike in Siena looked good.0 -
andymiller wrote:Thanks very much for that Brian.
RC856 providing you stay away from the Via Cassia (SR2) and SR68 (and even these are OK in places and limited doses) it's fairly hard to go wrong.
I've not used them, but dfbike in Siena looked good.
I was happy to remember where you'd put the link, Andy, as it's always helpful to find knowledge from someone who knows an area well.0