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Planned route Syston to Hothorpe Hall, Theddingworth

3 Comments Posted by on June 16, 2011

Tomorrow I am off to a Counselling Conference which is at Hothorpe Hall, Theddingworth. The conference starts at 9:30am but fortunately having planned the route I have discovered that it is less than 22 miles away, so I’ll allow 2 hours which means I won’t be in any rush. I will be riding in semi [...]

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Comfort camping by Bullitt cargobike

4 Comments Posted by on May 12, 2011

So next week I am off for a few days (Quarter Day Tour to the sea by Bullitt) the route is not very hilly. Just to confirm this I went for a ride last night and did the first 14 miles (almost to Belvoir Castle). So given that I am riding a route without big [...]

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100 mile preparation check

8 Comments Posted by on April 2, 2011

I went for a 30 mile ride this evening to check out my preparations for the 120 mile ride on Friday. So I followed the first 15 miles of the route. First some really good news. I navigated with my Samsung Galaxy Tab (an Android “phone” in a tablet size with a 7.1″ screen) running [...]

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100 mile ride route Leicester to Feltham

10 Comments Posted by on April 1, 2011

Besides the bike preparation I have also been working on the route. Here is my latest version which starts at Syston Methodist Church and goes to the Travelodge at Feltham. Note that it is in 3 parts as I have used the road following line tool for the part from Syston to Market Harborough and from [...]

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100 mile bike preparation

4 Comments Posted by on March 31, 2011

Following my decision to ride 100 miles to a meeting (see Taking the 100 mile plunge) I have been sorting out my Trek bike. My Trek is a Pilot 1.2 and is now about 4 years old. Very similar to the one pictured here (the stem and brake hoods look a little different on mine). I [...]

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Taking the 100 mile plunge

11 Comments Posted by on March 26, 2011

Oh dear, I am now committed to my first ride of more than 100 miles in a day. I am due at the Royal Holloway College by lunchtime on Saturday 9th April for a Methodist Council meeting. To reduce time pressure I have booked myself in a reasonably close Travelodge for the Friday night. That [...]

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Bad road junctions #1 Leicester A607/A563

1 Comment Posted by on November 19, 2010

This is the start of a new series. Each post will look at a specific road junction from the point of view of Cyclists and Pedestrians. The prize of being first goes to the A607/A563 junction in Leicester where the Melton Road crosses Troon Way/Watermead Way. Here we have a crossroads of two dual carriageways [...]

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Discovering Cycle routes in Leicester

3 Comments Posted by on September 29, 2010

Working out the best route for getting from A to B by bike in a UK City you don’t know is time consuming and tricky. A good route by bike takes into account cycle facilities, road details, traffic conditions, terrain, distance and junction details like priority, width and surface. To help me find a good [...]

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