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Infographic: Lake District cycling routes for beginners and families

Three routes for those who’d sooner avoid those steep passes

Events such as the Fred Whitton Challenge have given the Lake District a fearsome reputation when it comes to cycling, but it is also possible to find journeys through quiet, secluded valleys. With this in mind, Craig Manor Hotel has produced a guide aimed at beginners and families.

The infographic below features three suggested routes – Coniston Water, Low Yewdale and Kendal to Windermere – plus a checklist in which they’ve misspelled ‘tyres’.

The three routes also have the all-important café stop clearly marked.

 

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ConcordeCX | 6 years ago
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In the interests of pedantry I must point out that 'tire' is not a spelling mistake, even in British English. It is derived from the word 'attire', as in clothing. Before it was used for the rubber things we put round wheels it was used with this spelling for the metal hoops that people used to put round wheels. 'Tyre' is a variant form of the word.

Johnson said that 'tiara' has the same root, and 'tire' is used with this meaning by Spenser, Pope, Shakespeare et al. This quote from Pope seems strangely prophetic of its current meaning: "When the fury took her stand on high, A hiss from all the snaky tire went round."

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hawkinspeter replied to ConcordeCX | 6 years ago
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ConcordeCX wrote:

In the interests of pedantry I must point out that 'tire' is not a spelling mistake, even in British English. It is derived from the word 'attire', as in clothing. Before it was used for the rubber things we put round wheels it was used with this spelling for the metal hoops that people used to put round wheels. 'Tyre' is a variant form of the word.

Johnson said that 'tiara' has the same root, and 'tire' is used with this meaning by Spenser, Pope, Shakespeare et al. This quote from Pope seems strangely prophetic of its current meaning: "When the fury took her stand on high, A hiss from all the snaky tire went round."

This is the level of pedantry I love to see on this site.

However, I think you're slightly mistaken (judging from my few seconds of google-fu) about the 'tyre' being a variant of 'tire' - it seems that 'tyre' was the original:

 

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late 15c., "iron plates forming a rim of a carriage wheel," probably from tire "equipment, dress, covering" (c. 1300), a shortened form of attire (n.). The notion is of the tire as the dressing of the wheel. The original spelling was tyre, which had shifted to tire in 17c.-18c., but since early 19c. tyre has been revived in Great Britain and become standard there. Rubber ones, for bicycles (later automobiles) are from 1877. A tire-iron originally was one of the iron plates; as a device for separating a tire from a wheel, by 1909.

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late Middle English (Scots) tyren (verb, verbal), Old English tȳrian, variant of tēorian to weary, be wearied bef. 900

 

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bike_food | 6 years ago
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The route guidance seems aimed at novice riders but the bike checks discuss aligning brake pads and adjusting chain tension?

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Yorkshire wallet | 6 years ago
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Did they confuse cycling with walking? A 3 mile route taking 1-2 hours?

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CygnusX1 replied to Yorkshire wallet | 6 years ago
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Yorkshire wallet wrote:

Did they confuse cycling with walking? A 3 mile route taking 1-2 hours?

You've never been on a ride with small kids then? Even if doesn't take that long, sometimes it feels like it.

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