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Image for story 3 lighthouses, 2 lakes, one shipwreck, great day

3 lighthouses, 2 lakes, one shipwreck, great day

Straight out the door from home in Eastbourne, Wellington is the Pencarrow Coast road, a great ride for all ages and abilities. With several bays to stop in the first feature are the old and new Pe... read more

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Image for story Unstoppable Beaches

Unstoppable Beaches

Auckland is blessed with kilometres of beautiful coastline. While rolling along in the sunshine with a cool sea breeze is bliss, it's such a pity that places like Buckland's Beach and Eastern Beach... read more

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Image for story Christchurch Northern Corridor a HUGE success

Christchurch Northern Corridor a HUGE success

I love riding on the CNC shared path!
It's so smooth and fast.
I love seeing all the happy people using the path (and pets too!).
It's a fantastic asset to Greater Christchurch, enabli... read more

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Biking dates with my husband

My favourite place/route to ride, is around the many bike trails in Blenheim. My husband and I go out biking in the weekends, which I really look forward to. We go early in the mornings when there ... read more

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Ride along the seafront

I have been riding this area through lockdown and now at the weekend. This ride gives me hills flat and curved areas which is lovely, and all the time I have a sea view. I often stop to chat to oth... read more

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Image for story Sun rise

Sun rise

I was cycling to work along beautiful country lanes and saw the most amazing sun rise for this time of year breaking through the morning fog. Stunning way to start the day

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Image for story Biking Downtown is Great For Pictures!

Biking Downtown is Great For Pictures!

Cycling through the city is one of my favorite hobbies but do you know what else I love? Photography! I'm no professional photographer, just a girl with a camera and one of my favorite places to ri... read more

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Image for story Route 68

Route 68

My favourite place to ride is on route 68 from the Sill on the military road across to Kielder. The route is offroad after a couple of miles then it's just you on the logging roads across to Kielde... read more

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Image for story City cycling

City cycling

I love riding through sunsets in the city. I'm writing my thesis so making time to get outside is keeping me sane!

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Image for story Gloucester Quays in the Sunshine

Gloucester Quays in the Sunshine

The quays on one of the hottest days of the year created a fantastic backdrop for a bike ride with colleagues from Thinktravel on a Tuesday in September! With lots to do to help make it easier for ... read more

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Image for story Exeter to Exmouth

Exeter to Exmouth

For a nice ride to clear my head and forget about the pressures of the day I love to ride along the cycle path from Exeter to Exmouth. It’s not a challenging route and there is plenty to see and of... read more

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Image for story My Favourite? Well, certainly one of my favourites....

My Favourite? Well, certainly one of my favourites....

South East Wales anyone?
Now, apologies to anyone living in or near Cwmbran but it is not the first place to think of when you want to go for bike ride.... Wrong! There is a gem that threads i... read more

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My Early Morning Ride










At 72 Years old a diabetic for 50 years only just started riding a bike again in the past 9 months. I am up at 6.30 am, have breakfast then out on my bi... read more

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Me and my mate

I hadn’t risen for a few years after having chemotherapy for Hodgkins Lymphoma.
Prior to my illness I regularly cycled with my mate who uses a hand crank recumbent bike.
He encouraged me ba... read more

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Image for story Being Watched

Being Watched

My regular route for a leisurely cycle is the Belfast - Lisburn towpath. Its a flat route, following the canal and river, with a few bridges over and under the path. Its generally peaceful and quie... read more

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Blue flame

A lovely easy ride out for a drink in the sunny evening with beautiful Kate. First ride for her in years, wont be the last

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Image for story The South Downs and Beyond

The South Downs and Beyond

I live in Brighton on the south coast and am very lucky to have the sea and the South Downs on either side of this City. There is nothing bettwer than cycling along the coast through Shoreham Harbo... read more

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Traffic-free route around Manchester Airport

This is one of my favourite rides because it goes through some pleasant countryside on quiet lanes, smooth tracks and cycle lanes. You can also pop into the ice-cream aviation park for an ice-cream... read more

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Bridgewater canal

I started to take on cycling in 2018 when my car broke down and bought a bike (Brompton) to cycle to work, while I tried to buy another car. I have never looked back since. During the Spring and Su... read more

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Betancuria

Before the dark days of Covid - I used to take regular holidays to Fuerteventura, where my favorite ride was to the highest point of the island Betancuria.

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Image for story Wild spaces in the city!

Wild spaces in the city!

I love living in Manchester, and I'm happy to have rediscovered cycling as it's a great new way to explore the city. There's so much freedom in heading out for a ride with no intention but to find ... read more

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Image for story New bike new journeys

New bike new journeys

So today i went out on my new bike. Ive always had mountain bikes and still do but i fancied a road bike to try for a change as I've never had one. I bought a Specialized and today was my first tri... read more

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Image for story Lunch hour cycle

Lunch hour cycle

Doing my favourite cycle in my lunch break ☀️

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Because I Can

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Image for story Canal & Park commute #RideFree

Canal & Park commute #RideFree

Can you believe on my day off work I end up cycling to the office? I am very lucky to have a quiet beautiful route to commute, through a nature reserve, following a river peddling along a canal an... read more

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Image for story Port Hills Christchurch

Port Hills Christchurch

Had an excellent ride up the Port Hills today. Blue skies and good vibes up Arapaho, along the single track to VIC Park and home via Cap.

Great say.

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I Like Biking

It's very fun riding in to town on the bike paths :D.

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Image for story New favourite place - TeAro to Brooklyn Wind Turbine

New favourite place - TeAro to Brooklyn Wind Turbine

New 'bush-ride' from Aro St to the Brooklyn Wind Turbine, Wellington. Just about all the way in the bush, if you follow the marked track in Waimapihi (Pohill) Reserve from Te Aro. This is an up-... read more

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Image for story New off road paths!

New off road paths!

I hadn't ridden a bike from my early 20s until last year (er, my late 30s). I wasn't scared as such, but I found the new shared path along SH1 at Takanini was a good place to get my confidence up. ... read more

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Paradise

Getting back on my bike has been fab, especially with the great weather we are having. I've been making the most of the time in between jobs, exploring what is right in front of me. We do live in p... read more

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And then it rained!

A beautiful autumn morning, the sun is just out, the sky is starting to turn blue from grey.
I am beginning my favourite bike ride.
I haven't ridden here for a while so now I hope the aut... read more

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Image for story Journey by Bike: A Route to Fun, Fellowship and Fitness

Journey by Bike: A Route to Fun, Fellowship and Fitness

My favorite city route, takes me from Palmer Park in Detroit to Belle Isle and back. I get there several different ways, but what I love is that every route allows me to see magnificent architectu... read more

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Churchdown Family Cycle Ride (NCN41)

Wanted to share a traffic-free route on the National Cycle Network (NCN41) for families with young children from Churchdown Parish Council/Playground/Park/Skatepark/BMX track to Gloucestershire Air... read more

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Image for story Me and my daughter

Me and my daughter

Thanks to my daughter having the love of biking and my partner for getting me a bike for my birthday. I have started riding which I haven’t done since I was small. I have fell off at least once on ... read more

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A perfect morning

The weather has been a total disappointment this "summer", but my ride this morning has partly mitigated that disappointment.
I am lucky enough to live on the south coast, with the fabulous b... read more

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Riding down Woodward

Hello fellow Detroiter, commuters, and tourists!!! Do you wanna know I great route to ride your bike? For sure, my favorite route would be down Woodward in the midtown area! There's so may cool pla... read more

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Image for story Mam Tor and Winnats Pass

Mam Tor and Winnats Pass

Today I took on a 70km cycle including Stanage Edge and Mam Tor headin up Winnats Pass. A beautiful ride with the toughest climb I've managed so far!

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Image for story The Langford Hideaway

The Langford Hideaway

I am a recent addition to Hertfordshire and have been cycling 2017.
I had no idea how cycling and cafe stops were so interlinked, but I am now hooked. It has been such a blessing during the lo... read more

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Enjoyable rides

since I started riding again I've put a little effort in expanding my rides
though sometimes it does not work out because my legs tell me to stop
but even though I do stop on that day I wi... read more

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Northumberland

Did a lovely bike ride from Seahouses to Holy Island and back a couple of weeks ago. Myself and my husband. We called at the lovely Bamburgh on the way back. 46 miles in all.

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Biking

I bike every morning before school so tired in the morning but have to stay motivated

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Image for story Tandems in the Trossachs!!

Tandems in the Trossachs!!

Kim, Rachael, Mike and myself are just back from a splendid 5-day tandem ride from Balloch to Nairn. We followed SUSTRANS cycle route 7 for most of the way.

We drove up to Balloch, at the... read more

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Image for story Cycle to the Sunset

Cycle to the Sunset

I've got back into the habit of cycling, and really enjoy going out to Turf and back. Last week, I went a little bit further, near Powderham, and watched the sunset. It was a lovely way to spend a ... read more

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Image for story early morning ride

early morning ride

A firm favourite of mine is to get up at 5am (yes 5am) and ride over to Todmorden and back home. The roads are lovely and quiet, I know where all the pot holes are (to avoid) and this is a perfect ... read more

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Image for story Crossing the Tyne

Crossing the Tyne

One of my favourite types of ride is to combine urban and rural areas, and that's very easy around Durham and Newcastle as cities and countryside are very close to each other. The Tyne foot tunnel ... read more

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Image for story GAPC&O Ride -345 miles

GAPC&O Ride -345 miles

In June 2021, I rode my bike (345 miles) from Pittsburgh to DC in 4.5 days with camping all along the trail. It's a beautiful trail with no motor vehicles. Every mile of this trail is full of natur... read more

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Image for story Durhams Rails to Trails

Durhams Rails to Trails

Getting out on my bike more during the pandemic last years I discovered County Durhams Rails to Trails. These include the C2C, Deerness Valley, Bishop Auckland to Brandon and the Derwent Valley tra... read more

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Riverwalk Detroit

After not riding since December 17 2020 I was anxious to get back on my schedule (4-6 days per week). I had an incidence of basal cell carcinoma on my forehead in February and couldn't ride till it... read more

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Image for story Save some $ and bike (don't drive) downtown

Save some $ and bike (don't drive) downtown

Started out with MoGo bike membership a couple of years ago when I started working at the RenCenter. Use the MoGo bikes in the morning and to go to meetings during the day. Don't need to drive or... read more

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Image for story Trans-Pennine Trail, Fallowfield Loop, Peak Forest Canal

Trans-Pennine Trail, Fallowfield Loop, Peak Forest Canal

Hi There,
I'd like to share this circular route, as lots of people in Manchester and Stockport will love it. It takes in part of the Trans-Pennine Trail, Fallowfield loop and Peak Forest Canal,... read more

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