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Just wondering, if you had to commute daily from the Castlepoint area (no jokes pls) to Poole Quay - what would be your chosen route? Options are:
[]Castle Lane > Redhill > Boundary Rd > Wallisdown Rd > Ringwood Rd > Longfleet Rd
[]Charminster Rd > Wimbourne Rd > Seafront > Shore Rd > Sandbanks RdAlder Rd looks pretty direct but how evil will the hill be with a gear ratio of 3.2?
The latter ... right down the seafront to West Quay road everyday, nice relaxing no hassles except for riding over a bit of sand.
TBH there are quite a few ways of doing it.
You can go through triangle, westbourne, then penn hill, then lower parkstone, then it is a straight through Poole towards the quay going past the civic centre ... all are pretty fast with only one or two traffic lights until you hit Poole Town Centre.
Or there is this,
There is a shortcut somewhere through meyrick park that lets you straighten it out a bit ... once you go through lower parkstone you will have a ton of options on which way you can get down to they quay ... there are plenty of small roads you can "rabbit run" down.
Going through penn hill on the way home I can usually hit about 25-30 continuously after I get up past the hill on the railway station. Going down the hill there you can pick up some serious speed, but they have stuck traffic lights down the bottom which slows everything down and I think there would be heavy traffic going down there.
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"You can go through triangle, westbourne, then penn hill, then lower parkstone, then it is a straight through Poole towards the quay going past the civic centre ... all are pretty fast with only one or two traffic lights until you hit Poole Town Centre."
yep, most direct is Winton H/S (flat),
Glenfurness ave (dip and cross prince charles road), Westbourne, (flat filtering 25 mph) Branksome station, (downhill) then through the flow round the civic to poole,,arrive with the your eyeballs popping out of your head adrenalin pumping.
fuck it Im going out to ride again NOW! -
Just wondering, if you had to commute daily from the Castlepoint area (no jokes pls) to Poole Quay - what would be your chosen route? Options are:
[]Castle Lane > Redhill > Boundary Rd > Wallisdown Rd > Ringwood Rd > Longfleet Rd
[]Charminster Rd > Wimbourne Rd > Seafront > Shore Rd > Sandbanks RdAlder Rd looks pretty direct but how evil will the hill be with a gear ratio of 3.2?
I used to ride the first option (but starting from Wallisdown) to get down to The George Roundabout. The worst part was navigating that roundabout. Coming back up the hill to Wallisdown Rd can seem sketchy as you need to be in the right hand lane, but the traffic is normally heavy enough at rush hour (assuming this is a commute?) that you can keep up with it.Riding along the sea front would be nice though! But not allowed during the summer :(
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"You can go through triangle, westbourne, then penn hill, then lower parkstone, then it is a straight through Poole towards the quay going past the civic centre ... all are pretty fast with only one or two traffic lights until you hit Poole Town Centre."
yep, most direct is Winton H/S (flat),
Glenfurness ave (dip and cross prince charles road), Westbourne, (flat filtering 25 mph) Branksome station, (downhill) then through the flow round the civic to poole,,arrive with the your eyeballs popping out of your head adrenalin pumping.
fuck it Im going out to ride again NOW!Pretty much all the same mate.
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yep thx for ride, one good hour of power there, love spinning those roads, plenty room around you. for anyone wants to try it
its sandbanks road- ferry pass ferry back to haven road,
canford cliffs village, western road, western ave, canford cliffs road back onto sandbanks road-
with a little climb, and a little spin down after compton acres
rinse and repeat for pleasure. -
Or there is this,
There is a shortcut somewhere through meyrick park that lets you straighten it out a bit ... once you go through lower parkstone you will have a ton of options on which way you can get down to they quay ... there are plenty of small roads you can "rabbit run" down.
Thanks for that - a very useful map!
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i'm a bournemouth based fixie rider. i work at the AUCB, there's a fare few students there riding fixies now. some nice machines. i just ride a pretty standard fuji track.
speaking of routes, this is a good one for the summer:
http://www.mapmyfitness.com/routes/fullscreen/18677536/
hey m.f - it's jason right? we've met at a few orienteering races i think.
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Was riding while I got overtaken by a geezer at Penn hill .... seriously decent fixed rider ... Would have had you if my seatpost bolt wasn't slowly cutting into my in my leg today.
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i'm a bournemouth based fixie rider. i work at the AUCB, there's a fare few students there riding fixies now. some nice machines. i just ride a pretty standard fuji track.
speaking of routes, this is a good one for the summer:
http://www.mapmyfitness.com/routes/fullscreen/18677536/
hey m.f - it's jason right? we've met at a few orienteering races i think.
aye lad, hello, are you a member of any clubs?
we got a few coming up, Wareham again soon,
then my MTBO on 9th April,
gonna be a busy spring,. -
It would be cool to reopen this thread, I am new to Bournemouth and would love to find more cyclists to go on rides with. Anyone out there?
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It would be cool to reopen this thread, I am new to Bournemouth and would love to find more cyclists to go on rides with. Anyone out there?
It depends whether you meet the criteria ;-)
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record number of fixehs today in an afternoon--- 5
lo pro black bars, comedy colours, and two lads who clocked me in the car after my run- big up!5 people need to be shot ... Say no to Lo Pro ...
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I'm originally from Bournemouth, went to AUCB so benroberts, would that be Ben the photography tech? I'm probably moving back down from London in July, gotta build up a track for the new slades drome (for all 30 seconds of riding before it get's peg marks from the bmxers) Is the fixed scene picking up down there? I went out for one ride with a bunch of guys but it was a bit.... well, not quite London.
Would be interested in going for a spin next time I get my bike down.
And I take it Kerley isn't Dave Kerley of previous trials riding fame?
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will be going to Lanzagrotty on the 20th back on 27th if people want to touchdown
ill just about keep up with 6pt on a bike/ fixehhippy- ,merge with Bournemouth thread pls
If the weather's good, I'm looking at 19-28th for Poole times. Might shift towards new year depending on a few things though (like how long I can stand the family)
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Bournemouth rider here. Let me know if you ever want to go for a ride!
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Bournemouth rider here, the user craciun
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Yo I know this thread is super old but anyone still in poole/bournemouth wanna go riding soon as all my mates are lazy slobs and don't ride lol
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