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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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Lonely Planet's new Cycling Guides have everything for the traveller who likes to ride. Each one describes and maps the best cycle tours, long and short, in a prime cycling destination.
First, they answer the big questions: how to get rider and bike there in one piece, and keep both in good shape on the road.
Cyclists demand good maps, and these have been specifically designed and drawn with cyclists' needs in mind. Each map carries one or more keyed cue sheets, which contain all the essential directions for a day's ride. Elevation profiles chart hilly days, and symbols indicate services in towns along the way. It's all packaged together on one page for convenient access on the road.
Background material for each day, including selected accommodation options (including camping), where to eat or buy food, and bike shops along the route, is nearby.
Like all Lonely Planet guides, Cycling Guides are compact and built to last -- and they're designed to fold flat, slip into a handlebar bag and go.
-- up to 40 rides per book, ranging in length from one day to three weeks, mapped and described in detail
-- a selection of the best mountain bike rides
-- illustrated instructions on do-it-yourself bicycle maintenance, bicycle setup, loading a bike for touring
-- tips for staying healthy on the road including essential first aid, nutrition, stretching routines
-- useful synopsis of the destination country's road rules
-- featured special sections: the Tour de France in Cycling France; the Land's End to John o'Groats ride in Cycling Britain
-- information on the cyclists' network, with contact details, for pre-trip research and on-the-road back-up
-- where to stay andeat, and what to see and do, when not in the saddle
-- where to find bike shops for repairs or rental
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format: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
Format: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
If this is typical of the rest of the book, avoid it
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Good for ideas and initial planning
While I agree with other reviewers that maps in this book are quite useless while on the road I think it's a good book to give ideas where to go and for initial planning. Read more
Published 3 months ago by T. Pikala
Has all you need
Excellent book containing all you need for 'cycling Britain' with a mix of off and on road routes.
Published 21 months ago by Laura Croker
Alright if you don't mind some really bad routes thrown in.
This was OK in parts, but maps were terrible, also vital directions were left out so without a decent map it was not easy to find your way in unsigned areas. Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2004
Nice book, but needs more routes
Having found this book in Cambridge one day recently I thought that it would have many good routes, so I bought it. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2003 by apthorburn
Useful - BUT...
A really good selection of tours, well documented and very helpful.
BUT (and there always seems to be a but...), the route maps are almost impossible to use! Read more
BUT (and there always seems to be a but...), the route maps are almost impossible to use! Read more
Published on 22 July 2002
Wonderful book, so many useful tips and good routes too
This book covers everything from where to go, how to get there and what to eat while you're doing it! Good maps, without contours but with profiles for hilly days. Read more
Published on 3 July 2001
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