A fantastic section of gravel riding. Please note that this section isn't really suitable for road bikes with road tyres. You'd ideally want a gravel bike with some bigger tyres or even a mountain bike.

steve

May 6, 2019

Cycling

Mountain bikers dream, but If your very careful can be done with skinny tires, (Specialized Sirrus Elite with Gatorskins 28s) you will have to walk for around 5 minutes on the, size of my fist, gravel section, then it returns to normal (ish) gravel trail, worth it for the ride as a whole, but I recommend fatter tires with tread.

VeloElle

August 25, 2020

Cycling

We rode this on road bikes with 28c tyres on and it was great, although the big puddles were a bit fun. There were a couple of sketchy bits but it is totally do-able on a road or touring bike

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Distance 6.22 km

Uphill 70 m

Downhill 100 m

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