A Bit Of Rough

[clarion]

Several of us like riding off-road, whether that's roughstuff or full-on MTBing.  But it's not always easy to get to the Trail Centre or favourite bridleway.  If I feel an urge for some rough in the suburban yawn where I live, I might ride up this lane which is about 200m away from home, but a bit of a secret.





Show us your urban oases, however small.

[David Martin]

This is just a few hundred yards from me and runs for a mile. And I can follow the old railway the other way. Strangely all three nearest Tescos are sited on the old railway.


Untitled by davidmamartin, on Flickr

[PaulF]

This is Wimbledon Park, literally on my doorstep:


Pugsley Test Flight by paulfulford, on Flickr

And venturing a little further afield to Wimbledon Common:


In It's Element by paulfulford, on Flickr

[AndyK]

This is Wimbledon Park, literally on my doorstep:


Pugsley Test Flight by paulfulford, on Flickr

And venturing a little further afield to Wimbledon Common:


In It's Element by paulfulford, on Flickr

I lived not far from there when I was young, Brookwood Road. Are the tearooms by the underground embankment and pond still there?

[PaulF]

Yes they're both there although the pond now seems to have been upgraded to 'lake' status 😊

[perpetual dan]

I reckon that the cycle path I take on the way to work has a sufficiently broken surface to count as roughstuff in places.

[tiermat]

I will try to find photos of:
Shark Lane (official Myers Lane, but Shark Lane sounds better and more apt)
Foxton Lane (it is really called that)
the original bit of COR, which is so off the beaten track that it doesn't have a name, and it has grass that is so high that if CL fell off we would never, ever find her again (I believe some of that grass may still be stuff in Deano's mudguards)

[Deano]

Foxton Lane by dean.clementson, on Flickr


IMG_0640 by dean.clementson, on Flickr


IMG_0650 by dean.clementson, on Flickr

[tiermat]

\o/ photos from the classic Foxton Lane ride, the one with SC on his Dahon....

And me on the Ridley with 23mm slicks

It was possibly the only time that CL won the competition for most SENSIBLE bike....

[loafer]

from last year w/end at Berwick yha part of coast+castles route... a few of our group was not happy as some were on 23 I loved it on my tourer +32 real comfy.. on our way to holy island

[Ruth]

Thanks loafer, those pictures brought back some really happy memories   

[loafer]