スミディショー貯水池でののおすすめライド

Eerie sight but beautiful.

Great off-road route with an extremely gentle slope in a westerly direction!

Flat section on long climb. Quiet Road with views across valley to Derwent Reservoir.

Rookhope is really interesting- but slowly dying. The arch is almost emblematic of that.

The road heading up onto Redburn Common from Allenheads (430m) in the west climbs through a steep hairpin bend and several shallower corners to reach an altitude of 533m. The descent down the otherside to Rookhope at just over 300m is more gradual and fun to ride. Also good the other way with a longer steady climb and then a steep descent down to Allenheads, watch out for the tight corners and cattle grid on the descent if riding in this direction.

Perth Bank road from Lanchester up towards Burnhope is a great road climb. It features in the top 100 climbs list. It's 1.8km and ascends 141m with an average gradient of 8% but a punishing max gradient of 20%.

A lovely area to cycle near to Derwent Reservoir. Muggleswick offers a good climbing challenge up to the reservoir. Pretty steep but not too long and even a couple of switchbacks. Not exactly Alpine but a nice chance from the usual straight British climbs.

Great quiet roads with some stiff little climbs to keep things interesting.