Comments on: Cobbled rides- for mortals

By: John_the_Monkey

John_the_Monkey — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:26:33 +0000

I'd love to, although it's only one section of the road – I'll try to remember whereabouts it is (fairly sures it's marked on the Fietskart we used for the trip & add it.

By: owen_p

owen_p — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:01:48 +0000

Sounds awesome John. If you can be arsed, add it to the google map of cobbled roads.

By: John_the_Monkey

John_the_Monkey — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:23:35 +0000

One of the “highlights” of mine and Mrs Monkey's tiny tour of France & Belgium was Steenstraat (literally “Stone Street”) about 2km of rough cobbles – there really is nothing quite like riding them.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:08:00 +0000

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3720559/A%20Sunday%20In%20Hell.avi

By: owen_p

owen_p — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:41:04 +0000

I'm told the VC Moulin cobbled Bonanza ride is club members only, but it's nonetheless a cool concept and one I hope to emulate as soon as I have charted all the cobbled sections in the local area!

By: owen_p

owen_p — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:20:12 +0000

@dougalfshearer pointed out this ride in Fife to me run by @VCMoulin. I'm not sure if non club members can join it, but it sure looks tough. 80 miles round back roads and lanes of Fife, with 'as many cheeky cobbled sections as we can find'

By: owen_p

owen_p — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:18:20 +0000

Thanks for the comments. Yes bmfw it is a nasty climb.

Seems there are small cobbled sections dotted around but nothing much to string together. Hoping that google map might see some attention from Scottish riders.

By: bazzargh

bazzargh — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:07:51 +0000

There's actually quite a few cobbled sections in Glasgow too, especially lanes behind tenements – see this thread: http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.p… … but you'd struggle to make a route out of them.

By: bmfw

bmfw — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:39:23 +0000

I remember the shock of that road in Culross the first time I did The Bridges ride (Forth & Kincardine, from Livi). Thankfully it wasn't wet but the cobbles followed by the steep climb is a bit nasty! Only later did I realise I could have missed out that climb altogether and continued along the coast to Longannet. (But where would the fun be in that?) There are also some slimy cobbles along a short section of Linlithgow High Street which never fail to make my buttocks clench with anxiety.
PS – Nice coffee shop / gallery in Culross for a bit of refuelling.