Distance: 10 Miles
Difficulty: Easy
Upham
An easy route starting and finishing in the village of Fair Oak, Hampshire UK
Distance: 4 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Fritham - New Forest
An easy ride to be done as a family in The New Forest
Distance: 3 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Riverside Park Southampton
This is a lovely easy bike ride that would be suited to a family bike ride. It can be tackled either way as there is a car park each end, or very easily as a return leg. Pretty much all on cycle routes as well. It follows the River Itchen so it is DEAD flat. What you waiting for?
Distance: 15 miles
Difficulty: Medium
River Hamble from Upper Hamble Country Park
Not all bike rides have to be up and down massive hills, why not take in the beautiful views and landscape on a cycle trail alongside a river set in a stunning piece of Hampshire countryside. A mountain bike is preferred for this cycle ride, but a hybrid bike would also do ok. This is a round trip which starts and finishes from a great pub, which offers great food, refreshments and security for your prized possession, your bike.
Distance: 13 miles
Difficulty: Easy
River Test
A beautiful ride up and down the River Test
Distance: 7 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Richmond Park, London
A loop around a 17th Century Royal park.
Distance: 38 miles
Difficulty: Medium
The Needles, IOW
The Isle of Wight is a fantastic venue for cycling either for a day ride or stopping over and making a few days out of it.
Distance: 10 Miles
Difficulty: Medium
River Medina
A route that has a mixture of roads and tracks on the Isle of Wight
Distance: 100 miles
Difficulty: Tricky
South Downs Way
Eastbourne to Winchester. Stunning scenery and three Snowdon Ascents over 100 miles. This route was not rushed in one day but taken over 2 nights away. Go on you know you want to!!
Distance: 29 miles
Difficulty: Medium
The Beautiful Test Valley
This stunning river valley is surrounded by lush green fields, a real gem to cycle in.
Distance: 3.5 miles
Difficulty: Hard work
View from the top
If you want a tough climb but want a stunning view then get up early for this one.
Distance: 8.5 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Alpbach
This area of Austria is quite simply the most stunning village we have ever visited. If you have never experienced The Alps in the summer time then you have not lived.
Distance: 12 miles one way
Difficulty: Easy
Swanage Bay
If you get the timing and weather right, this ride is just simply stunning.
Distance: 40 Miles
Difficulty: Medium
Pevensey Castle - East Sussex
This ride is ideally suited to a road bike, where you can cover the distance quicker than you would on any other bike. However, it can be done on anything else, and some of the roads when we rode it had some larger than normal holes in them. . It should take about 3 hours for anyone with a medium fitness level. As it is mainly on roads, this is not recommended for under 16’s.
Distance: 10 Miles
Difficulty: Easy
Follow old railway route
This gorgeous cycle ride follows what is now a disused railway line that used to go from Fareham to Alton. Apart from the start or finish you are totally road traffic free and this cycle path pretty much follows the Meon River so elevation changes are fairly modest.
Distance: 10 Miles
Difficulty: Medium
One of the many trails
These Surrey hills have been walked and cycled for many years, but in 2012 they were made famous by the UK Tour de France cycle race winner Bradley Wiggins. He came to the London 2012 Olympics from France and won gold in this area. This route although it has a few roads on it, Bradley would not have felt comfortable on his expensive skinny tyred road bike. This my friends is a great route for your mountain bike and has been sent in by new subscriber, Peter Black.
Distance: 18 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Hurst Castle in front of the Solent
A lovely circular route that starts and stops in Lymington, in the New Forest, UK. Plenty of route refreshments to be found on this lovely bike ride.
Distance: 25 miles
Difficulty: Medium
Aerial View of Mount Edgcumbe
Starting and finishing in Devon, taking in the beautiful views of historic town of Plymouth from Cornwall. This ride also takes in Mount Edgcumbe Country Park.
Distance: 7 miles
Difficulty: Hard work
Great Dunn Fell
Another 100 climbs states that Great Dun Fell is the greatest climb in England’ “Our Mont Ventoux’ it has no peers, there is no comparison.”
Distance: 13 miles
Difficulty: Hard work
Mont Ventoux
Some say Mont Ventoux is the hardest of all the mythical Tour de France climbs and rightly so. Mont Ventoux has a magnetic attraction for many cyclists. The lone giant of Provence rears up out of the French landscape to a height of 1912m.