Cycling in Fife

[Hacienda71]

I am off to the East Neuk of Fife in August for a week of R and R. Pittenweem to be precise. I know the area reasonably having stayed there a couple of times at the same cottage. My question is do I take a road bike or a mountain bike?
My son has a mtb so I could take his as well. But is it worth it, are there any fun non road routes worth cycling or should I just take the road bike and sneak out early before the rest of the family get up?

 

[fossyant]

Get on line and check out google maps or OS maps and see if there are any bridleways near the cottage.

 

[snorri]

If you don't get a response from any Fifers on this thread, dip into the 'Irn Bru? Scottish Blethering thread' , there are people on there with the local knowledge.
http://www.cyclechat.net/search/7621971/?q=Irn+Bru?+Scottish+Blethering&o=relevance&c[title_only]=1

 

[novemberdelta]

I am off to the East Neuk of Fife in August for a week of R and R. Pittenweem to be precise. I know the area reasonably having stayed there a couple of times at the same cottage. My question is do I take a road bike or a mountain bike?
My son has a mtb so I could take his as well. But is it worth it, are there any fun non road routes worth cycling or should I just take the road bike and sneak out early before the rest of the family get up?

There are tons of great roads around the East Neuk, not least a St Andrews loop with an ice cream stop. Take the road bike.

 

[ACS]

Working in St Andrews and living in the middle of NE Fife, I use the East Neuk coast road often as a way of extending my commute home. As novemberdelta has suggested the a loop out and back to St Andrews is very pleasant. Jannettas Gelateria in St A's is excellent. Coffee, cake and ice cream in the same place :-)

Being a coastal road there is no where to hide from the wind which can be challenging especially if it is roaring in from the north and / or the East.

If time permits a jaunt over to Falkland village is worth a visit and if you fancy testing you legs Falkland Hill from the village side is a bit of a test.

I don't have any information on MTB riding I'm sorry to say, just not my thing :-)

Any questions give me a shout

Regards

Andy