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youramericanlover-
school holidays
traffic gonna be bad
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Nah it'll be fine, there's just a very stark difference between the east where all the seaside resorts are, and the west which is where I live and the roads are always very quiet.
A roads will probably be busy but I'd always avoid those. Locals will sometimes use small country lanes but they are twisty AF and horrible to drive because they're constantly up and down with barely any decent sight lines. Absolutely wonderful on a bike though. You'll be grand!
Make sure you do the entire Military Road including the descent from Blackgang.
andyp
plasticniki
I personally don't mind the people. Don't feel it's that bad compared to any other organised rides I've done. The eastern bit is always relatively busy cars-wise regardless of when you do it.
I enjoy the fact there's food along the route on that day. Sundays are often when places on the Isle shut and is normally my day for riding so having places to refuel which aren't shops is a novelty (though in recent years a couple more places have opened up right on the route, so maybe that wouldn't be such a thing any more).