Glasgow Gravel Routes

Thanks all for the help and suggestions! Heading out with Glasgrav ^^ tomorrow evening

Will also be hitting up the the Brazin’ Show and also soaking up lots of World champs too

Let us know how it goes.

Might tag along to one later on.

Got most of it done today on the XC bike. The Rob Roy Way bit was rubbish and the WHW bit was just as shite as I remember but only short.

Comer Road is world class.

Bailed out from Inversnaid on the road back to Aberfoyle in the second torrential downpour of the day.

I'm claiming the Glenfinglas climb as the hardest gravel climb in the country (that you'd want to bother doing).

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I'm claiming the Glenfinglas climb as the hardest gravel climb in the country (that you'd want to bother doing).

Ever done the climb from the the north end of Loch Turret?

I don't even really know if it's rideable at all. I've always been on a singlespeed mtb when I've been up there and that did not cut the mustard. Even pushing up it is pretty minging, I think you gain a thousand feet of elevation in a thousand metres of distance so what's that? 30%?

Views and descent back down to the distillery make it all worth while.

Thought I'd replied to this. I haven't done that climb no. Does it go anywhere? or out and back?

Perhaps the caveat is the hardest "rideable" climb by mere mortals.

I know this is Glasgow gravel routes but I may usurp it as Scottish gravel routes. I guess you could call this the Corrour Loop. 90% of it is world class, potentially the best gravel route in the country and as result one of the best in the world.

As a Scotsman of 35 years and good experience up in the mountains cycling I was still blown away.

Problems were....pishin sideways rain most of the day and the last bog trottin section was horrible to end with. Maybe start in Kinlochrannoch and get it out of the way first.

77 miles. Only 4700ft. Mostly HRH QE2 standard gravel surface .

https://www.strava.com/activities/9743345354

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Does it go anywhere? or out and back?

Can definitely make it a loop. Once you do the climb there’s some undulating riding along the top of the hills, it’s lovely, real up in the clouds stuff, then you get a banging descent down to Monzie/Gilmourton kind of area. You can head north at one point and go out towards Sma Glen. Might be possible to get to the Glen Almond track even.

https://strava.app.link/gsi7krE5LCb