BarnCamp2013BikeRide

We'll be organising a group bike ride from Bristol Temple Meads or Chepstow (you can choose) on Thursday afternoon. Leaving from Bristol Temple Meads we'll be getting the train to Severn Beach we'll start the ride there riding up the Severn estuary on a cycling national route (very safe) then crossing the Bristol channel on the M40 bridge (again very safe and extremely scenic) and getting to Chepstow where we can collect anyone if people prefer to start from there.

After Chepstow we will get the A466 up all the way to Redbrook. This road is not a national cycling route but it is not too busy, it'd be good to set after the school run but before the evening rush hour so leave Cheptow about 4 or 4:30, that'll give us time to reach Redbrook in good time. Exciting Chepstow we will be sharing the road with cars for few miles but we will be a group so hopefully this will give people confidence. This leg is perhaps the only annoying bit of the ride but it shouldn't be too bad. The ride has stunning views, it starts with an ascension to reach the Wye Valley, then a soft way down and then a relatively flat ride along the valley. The last few miles are done off road on an old railway line.

I'll be uploading route on a map and profile soon.

We should be able to ride all together but if the number is high then we can split in 2 groups. If you don't have any experience riding on the road don't worry there should be some expert riders. Below there's some general guidelines:

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