Rome to Home 2015

[briantrumpet]

Hi Wintonbina

There's shedloads of information on my website (including a guides to riding the coasts of Liguria, Toscana and Lazio):

http://italy-cycling-guide.info

I have along list of places and routes that I still haven't written about, so if you can't find what you're looking for please do get in touch using the contact-form on the site.

Nice website.

 

[andym]

Thanks Brian.

I was about to amend my reply to Wintonbina to say that I've just published a couple of maps to help people avoid nasty surprises - one shows roads (other than motorways) that are off-limits to bikes, and the other shows road tunnels with information on how to avoid them, where you can.

http://italy-cycling-guide.info/planning-your-tour/routeplanning-which-roads/

PS just come back from a few days cycling in Devon and Cornwall - jeez was that hard!

 

[wintonbina]

Thanks Brian.

I was about to amend my reply to Wintonbina to say that I've just published a couple of maps to help people avoid nasty surprises - one shows roads (other than motorways) that are off-limits to bikes, and the other shows road tunnels with information on how to avoid them, where you can.

http://italy-cycling-guide.info/planning-your-tour/routeplanning-which-roads/

PS just come back from a few days cycling in Devon and Cornwall - jeez was that hard!

Thank you Andy,
I will do my upmost to look at them this week...and yes Devon & Cornwall is quite hilly so how do their hills rank against the Rome to Home route?
Cheers,
Tony

 

[briantrumpet]

Devon & Cornwall is quite hilly so how do their hills rank against the Rome to Home route?

From memory, the legs found Tuscany not too dissimilar to Devon, as the roads are constantly going up and down, but no properly long hills. I find alpine hills generally less punishing, as they tend to be gentler gradients, and you can settle into a rhythm.

 

[squemmy]

hi we are doing the same thing to somerset in july 2015 but unsupported. we aim to get the ferry into Weymouth so if you wanted to come with us you could leave us at Weymouth ?

 

[wintonbina]

Thank you Brian, you've made me feel a bit better knowing that . I've/we've started our training now so only 360 days to go!
And thank you for your offer squemmy, but I think once will be enough for me!
Tony

 

[andym]

From memory, the legs found Tuscany not too dissimilar to Devon, as the roads are constantly going up and down, but no properly long hills. I find alpine hills generally less punishing, as they tend to be gentler gradients, and you can settle into a rhythm.

My GPS agrees with your legs. Riding in inland Toscana (in fact a lot of places in Italy) I was averaging 1000 metres of climbing for every 50kms on the road. (The climb over Exmoor came in at nearly 2000 metres which would be a good day in the Alps).

Psychologically I found Devon and Cornwall harder: if you're dealing with somewhere with really big hills you know that once you get to the top you can relax and cruise for a while, but in Devon/Cornwall you get to the top and there's always (or almost always) another one waiting for you.

 

[wintonbina]

Well, I'm suffering from withdrawal symptoms but I can always watch our video of the trip
View: https://www.facebook.com/sbfltd/videos/10153378370987983/?video_source=pages_finch_trailer&theater