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Was this the path from Weston to Brean, nice away from the roads that

Has anyone got any advice for how to get from Horley to Horsham, off road, avoiding Gatwick? I'm working on a route to link the Downs Link to the Avenue Verte and have tried a couple of different routes, but this bit is particularly horrible.
I'm getting really pleased with the first half of it and after Horsham it's pretty good (although the bit around Box Hill still needs a lot of work). The interim route is here: https://cycle.travel/map/journey/210889 although that's an earlier iteration.

It was indeed. To be fair the road it avoids is also quite pleasant

yep my new gravel bike has 74º

my new gravel bike

actually no, its 74.5º

You ride gravel?

The shed likes a change.

"Gravel bikes are just XC bikes from the 80s/90s with drop bars. You hear that over and over again, ad infinitum on the internet."

Damn that is nice.

You can make your own using a Cannondale SM600 frame

While this bike is a replica, its soul still points to an era when mountain bikes pedalled up mountains and descended back down the other side

When did mtbs stop being pedalled up mountains? Does everybody shuttle now?

Horley to Horsham, off road, avoiding Gatwick?

I don't think you can do it off road. I'd take the lanes West from Horley and go round the other side of Gatwick, avoid most of Crawley, rejoin your route around Ifield.

Thanks I can see a route that looks interesting, so I'll try that.

Now to figure out how to tidy up the section around Shere and past Box Hill!

Finished building up my first proper gravel bike, with the scope of riding it on tarmac only of course.

So far it feels like a very fun machine.

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Excellent choice. I love mine! Looks great

Nice build!

Love the colour scheme. Very Rockcombo-ish.

Yes. https://bikerumor.com/2021/06/04/specialized-athletes-debut-1989-rockcombo-gravel-bike-themed-diverge-at-unbound/

Very Rockcombo-ish.

That was their intent, yes. ;)

Edit: Too slow.

Anyone spotted the new checkpoint yet?

i'm not saying you have to give it to rona, but, was pretty lit how racing was banned for a year

When I was a kid I had an Apollo Blizzard that ripped off that paint scheme...

The Causeway was fun.

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