Lovely roads today

londoncommuter
londoncommuter Posts: 1,550
edited April 2017 in Road general
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  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    Riding in Kent this morning it must have been like the 1950's. Hardly a car about. I wouldn't normally even think about it but at one point I noticed I'd done 22 miles without a car going past me. Lovely weather to boot.

    It's like that everyday on Exmoor.
  • londoncommuter
    londoncommuter Posts: 1,550
    edited July 2017
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  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    joe2008 wrote:
    Riding in Kent this morning it must have been like the 1950's. Hardly a car about. I wouldn't normally even think about it but at one point I noticed I'd done 22 miles without a car going past me. Lovely weather to boot.

    It's like that everyday on Exmoor.

    Sounds lovely. Not sure I could adjust now though. I only had one bloke shout abuse at me out of his passenger window today and it just felt wrong.

    Abuse? Never had that in more than 20 years of riding around here.
  • bristolpete
    bristolpete Posts: 2,255
    Did Bristol to South Devon last week 96 miles and not one aggro motorist, not a beep, a v-sign, nothing. Made for a lovely 6 hours on the bike. Incredible really.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Not like that in the Lakes this weekend. Glad I never tried to get to any of the towns in the car.
  • chippyk
    chippyk Posts: 529
    45 miles in Pembrokeshire today, hilly with 1500m+ climbing, and into a head wind that grew stronger as I neared the coast, apart from crossing the odd A road I barely saw another car and only saw two fellow cyclists. I didn't pass a single pub, shop or cafe either which was a royal PITA with an empty bidon.
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    There's no way I'd cycle on any road with more than a couple of passing cars an hour, I think I'd rather play golf.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    joe2008 wrote:
    There's no way I'd cycle on any road with more than a couple of passing cars an hour, I think I'd rather play golf.

    Why? Are you new to cycling?
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    Garry H wrote:
    joe2008 wrote:
    There's no way I'd cycle on any road with more than a couple of passing cars an hour, I think I'd rather play golf.

    Why? Are you new to cycling?

    No, I've been cycling for over 30 years, 10 - 15 hours a week.

    I have just got so used to quiet, empty roads. Traffic equals noise, and I cycle for peace and quiet.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    It's very quiet around here, but i'd never cycle if I applied your formula. Where are you?
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    Garry H wrote:
    It's very quiet around here, but i'd never cycle if I applied your formula. Where are you?

    Exmoor
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    joe2008 wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    joe2008 wrote:
    There's no way I'd cycle on any road with more than a couple of passing cars an hour, I think I'd rather play golf.

    Why? Are you new to cycling?

    No, I've been cycling for over 30 years, 10 - 15 hours a week.

    I have just got so used to quiet, empty roads. Traffic equals noise, and I cycle for peace and quiet.

    All very nice
    as long as you dont get into your own motor to bring in the shopping to disturb someone elses' peace and quiet lol
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    JGSI wrote:
    joe2008 wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    joe2008 wrote:
    There's no way I'd cycle on any road with more than a couple of passing cars an hour, I think I'd rather play golf.

    Why? Are you new to cycling?

    No, I've been cycling for over 30 years, 10 - 15 hours a week.

    I have just got so used to quiet, empty roads. Traffic equals noise, and I cycle for peace and quiet.

    All very nice
    as long as you dont get into your own motor to bring in the shopping to disturb someone elses' peace and quiet lol

    We get our shopping from the local shop, a short walk away...
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Now your making sound like Camberwick Green.
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    JGSI wrote:
    Now your making sound like Camberwick Green.

    Why so bitter?
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    It's you who'd rather play golf than ride a bike with more than 2 cars per hour passing them...
    I aint bitter, just bemused by your choice of activity.
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    JGSI wrote:
    It's you who'd rather play golf than ride a bike with more than 2 cars per hour passing them...
    I aint bitter, just bemused by your choice of activity.

    Why are you bemused?

    I like cycling, I have empty roads from my house extending right out across the moor, so I choose to cycle on them.

    If I had to share the roads with traffic, then yes, I'd rather play golf.

    Surely that's not too confusing for you.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    joe2008 wrote:
    There's no way I'd cycle on any road with more than a couple of passing cars an hour, I think I'd rather play golf.
    Given the size of Exmoor you must only cycle about 10 miles. Some of like to go for a bike ride which might last more than an hour. :D
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    edited April 2017
    Webboo wrote:
    joe2008 wrote:
    There's no way I'd cycle on any road with more than a couple of passing cars an hour, I think I'd rather play golf.
    Given the size of Exmoor you must only cycle about 10 miles. Some of like to go for a bike ride which might last more than an hour. :D

    Seriously, have you even been to Exmoor? :D

    Exmoor has a labyrinth of small lanes. It's also incredibly hilly, therefore, you're not going anywhere very quickly, so, you can easily cycle all day and not do the same road twice.

    In fact, you could probably spend weeks cycling on Exmoor trying to ride every small lane...

    If you zoom in close on the link you'll see there are loads of lanes not included on this route which is in excess of 300 km with over 7000 meters of climbing different hills on very quiet roads:

    https://www.strava.com/routes/8337730
  • mamba80
    mamba80 Posts: 5,032
    I ve ridden on Exmoor, also Bodmin moor and Dartmoor and though your correct in that many of these "roads" are quiet, many are little more than potholed tracks, require a large degree of concentration or use a 29 er mtb

    Many of the B roads on Exmoor are not quiet at all, exactly the same as on Dartmoor esp an easter weekend.

    i ve found the roads around west devon and north cornwall close to the devon border are perhaps the best compromise down in the south west but nothing beats a 0700 start :)
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    mamba80 wrote:
    I ve ridden on Exmoor, also Bodmin moor and Dartmoor and though your correct in that many of these "roads" are quiet, many are little more than potholed tracks, require a large degree of concentration or use a 29 er mtb

    Many of the B roads on Exmoor are not quiet at all, exactly the same as on Dartmoor esp an easter weekend.

    i ve found the roads around west devon and north cornwall close to the devon border are perhaps the best compromise down in the south west but nothing beats a 0700 start :)

    I would say that most of lanes on the link I've posted are in good paved condition.

    It's wrong to say that 'many of the B roads are not quiet at all'. Out of holiday season, they are quiet, and the 'season' is short.

    If you come to Exmoor to cycle in-season, and end up, as most do, on the same 'beaten-track' roads as the holiday traffic, you will come away with a different experience. But those roads are easily avoided. I don't think it is as ever as busy as Dartmoor.

    From my house I can find numerous routes to ride a very quiet 100 miles on fully paved lanes, in the middle of the day, at any time of the year.
  • joe2008 wrote:
    mamba80 wrote:
    I ve ridden on Exmoor, also Bodmin moor and Dartmoor and though your correct in that many of these "roads" are quiet, many are little more than potholed tracks, require a large degree of concentration or use a 29 er mtb

    Many of the B roads on Exmoor are not quiet at all, exactly the same as on Dartmoor esp an easter weekend.

    i ve found the roads around west devon and north cornwall close to the devon border are perhaps the best compromise down in the south west but nothing beats a 0700 start :)

    I would say that most of lanes on the link I've posted are in good paved condition.

    It's wrong to say that 'many of the B roads are not quiet at all'. Out of holiday season, they are quiet, and the 'season' is short.

    If you come to Exmoor to cycle in-season, and end up, as most do, on the same 'beaten-track' roads as the holiday traffic, you will come away with a different experience. But those roads are easily avoided. I don't think it is as ever as busy as Dartmoor.

    From my house I can find numerous routes to ride a very quiet 100 miles on fully paved lanes, in the middle of the day, at any time of the year.

    My erections are so big that they always end up with snow on the end of them! Even in summer.
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531

    My erections are so big that they always end up with snow on the end of them! Even in summer.

    Ah, that's why they call you c0ck