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Tour de Yorkshire: local knowledge sought

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  • August 29, 2013 at 12:57 pm #19732
    Cyclosis

    Hi Folks,

    Myself and a few friends are planning to do this route (plus a little extra if we can) next weekend:

    http://www.cyclethedales.org.uk/tour-de-france-in-the-dales/the-route

    Not being locals, just looking for a bit of advise and a heads up for any tricky or dangerous parts, busy roads to avoid etc.

    Also, where am I most likely to be dropped by my stronger climber friends? :O

    Any other tips welcome.

    Cheers,

    Jim

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  • August 30, 2013 at 10:22 am #754269
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    Yorkshie Whippet

    IIRC. The very last drop from
    IIRC. The very last drop from Park Rash is a nasty 1:4 to 1:3 with two almost hairpin corners from relatively fast sweeping left almost blind. I tried riding up it and ended up crying is was that bad.

    Aysgarth, Hawes and Castle Bolton are busy tourist centres so could be fun.

    August 29, 2013 at 2:16 pm #754267
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    putmebackonmybike

    Pretty obvious – but the
    Pretty obvious – but the descent of Buttertubs needs care. Particularly the T-junction at the end!

    The descent from Park Rash is steep. Make sure you all have good brakes.

    None of the roads on your map I’d say are that busy. The B6160 around Threshfield can be quite active at peak day-tripper arriving/leaving times.

    It must be one of the most beautiful 78 mile loops in the UK. Enjoy!

    The Dales Bike Centre cafe would make an excellent half way stop. It’s just after Reeth.

    August 29, 2013 at 1:39 pm #754265
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    bazzargh

    Not a local but rode some of
    Not a local but rode some of that recently. Those roads are plenty quiet enough. Only thing I’d watch riding in a group, is that the B6160 narrows to a single lane as it twists through Starbotton – go single file there and you’ll not get jammed up with oncoming cars. It widens again outside of the village.

    You’ll get dropped… on the hills :D.

    But why don’t you take a look for yourself –
    http://www.brianfolts.com/driver/#origin=Threshfield&destination=Aysgarth

    that site strings together Google Streetview images so you can pre-ride a route. Because you can only specify the start/end not the roads, you have to do this in several chunks to get it to follow the route you want. I used this to check out roads for a tour of france this year.

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