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I did the Hot Chillee downs link one with a minor diversion around Henfield to go up Devil’s Dyke.
The downs link old railway path was super fun and fast, smoothish old tarmac to start but goes to crushed gravel and some mud in not too much time. We figured kinda last minute that it would be fun to end with a climb rather than continue the easy fast pace down to Shoreham and across the seafront. But some of the paths Komoot took us on to get us from Henfield to the Dyke were not exactly dreamy.
Before you reach the downs link it’s mostly just canal side riding but is pretty fun still. Not tarmac tow paths but worn in dirt and stone kinda thing. Definitely would recommend if you’re not looking to have a hard, testing ride, but for fun it’s great
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The Downs Link is a good route for a social ride. You can cover a lot of ground quickly, but it is kind of boring. What astonished me is that no cafes have sprung up to serve all those cyclists passing by.
If you take the equivalent kind of route in France, there's a cafe with toilets every mile or two.
Even the South Downs has cafes on the route.
Alex_B
Brad
Have been combing through LND>BTN gravel routes to try and do the same thing, was planning on riding whatever emerges as the most interesting route on the 24th, would love to know which you end up doing (and if you fancy a repeat ride on the 24th come join!)