Cycling to Reading / NCN4

Posted on Mon 14th, January 2013

• #1

hanuman

Was thinking about cycling over to Reading on the weekend. (if the weather improves!)

Has anyone taken the NCN4 down there and do you know what the surface is like? I'd like to do it on my 'nice' bike but I don't want to be pushing those skinny wheels through gravel/mud etc.

Any advice appreciated.
• #2

adroit

I have never used all of it, but at the western end, near Reading it is pretty appalling, lots of pavement, unsurfaced tracks and micky mouse bits of path. I cycle to and from London occasionally and just make up a route from Richmond Twickenham, Feltham Ashford Windsor Winkfield Hurst Woodley Reading. There are lots of options and some quite nice roads.
• #3

danns

You could use the first half of this route, so long as you can get yourself into town from shinfield -

http://www.bikemap.net/route/977947#lat=51.453883405025&lng=-1.0067&zoom=9&maptype=ts_terrain
[ame]http://connect.garmin.com/activity/93919776[/ame]
• #4

hanuman

Thanks!
• #5

snottyotter

You sure you want to go to Reading?
• #6

Oliver Schick

Take it as read that he does.
• #7

snottyotter

I'll take your word for it.
• #8

Oliver Schick

Give the People what they Want by The Kinks - YouTube
• #9

DeadSpale

As adroit said above, I'd avoid the NCN4 esp at this time of year, theres quite a few really rough sections, and it's not direct at all and takes you right round the houses!

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