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Lonely Planet's guides to Britain have long stirred up tabloid controversy for their outspoken opinions on the usual British tourist traps, but in this case they have produced something of a sporting diversion--Cycling Britain--part of a new series intended to help us "discover the world on two wheels".
This guide, like all other Lonely Planet guides, contains the essentials you need to know about Britain before travelling, as well as essential facts for cyclists, including many specialist cycling organisations and contacts. It is good also to see sections dealing with cycling specific health and safety issues, as well as a basic but thorough, and easy to understand, guide to bicycle selection and maintenance.
The bulk of the guide is dedicated to the multitude of routes that can be traversed in Britain's regions. It should be pointed out that these routes are mainly aimed at those seeking to do touring cycling and is mainly based on road and light trails. Those in search of more strenuous off-road biking might be disappointed, although advice on off-road cycling and mountain biking is given throughout the book and some off-road routes are included.
The maps and directions for the routes are clear, and advice is given as to which OS maps correspond to the routes. There is also information on places to stay, places to eat, natural history (always a bonus when you are spending too much time in the landscape), planning, and importantly, advice on how to get to and from the ride.
For the serious cyclist this will make a good addition to the library, a quick reference for the various rides, routes and accommodations available in an area. For the less experienced, perhaps holiday cyclist, this guide will be a essential packing for the pannier, providing, as it does, everything you should know before embarking on a ride. --Iain Robinson
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This guide offers mapped rides, from one day excursions to longer trips, and provides instructions for bicycle set-up and maintenance, as well as loading a bike for touring. There are tips for staying healthy on the road, where to stay and what to see when not in the saddle.
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A good idea poorly executed,
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This review is from: Britain (Lonely Planet Cycling Guides) (Paperback)
Several times I considered throwing it out because of minor but extremely annoying inaccuracies. Eg a recommended hotel served me crisps for breakfast, parts of the sustrans network that the guide said may be rough were often muddy swamps (and this was in summer) and impossible to ride fully-loaded. If you want to do some touring and you've never cycled before, it might be helpful. But if you've got any clue at all about cycling, half of its (weighty) pages are a waste of valuable pannier room. And its routes, while good (though using too many main roads), feature stupidly-oriented maps and fail to link up with each other. Buying a road atlas (just rip out the relevant pages...) and scouring back copies of Cycling Plus or subscribing to the CTC would be a better investment.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A good reference guide but severly out of date,
This review is from: Britain (Lonely Planet Cycling Guides) (Paperback)
Cycling Britain is good only as a basic reference guide; its good at pointing you where to get useful & accurate information but does not contain this information within it's pages. It is useful as an overall view of cycling routes in Britain, for planning a holiday but has far too few decent details at the local or even regional level. Okay, those are the positive points - onto the negative.Cycling Britains maps are absolutely useless, a complete waste of space. Their scale is so large that they only give a sparse outline at best. Often, they deviate from the National Cycle Network, and quite frequently contain misleading & useless information, where they contain information at all! Distances can be quite far out, and accomodation information is completely out of date. In summary, if you must use this book, photocopy the parts you need in the local library as it is a waste of space on any cycling holiday. Buy at your peril.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Hmmm.... somewhat incomplete,
By Spen (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cycling Britain (Lonely Planet Cycling Guide) (Paperback)
I looked at this book in a local shop with a view to buying, intending to do the C2C. However according to Lonely Planet the C2C doesn't reach the east coast, it stops at Newcastle.
If this is typical of the rest of the book, avoid it
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