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Routes

Rides from the shop door.

Distances, climbing and the turns, for four rides we do ourselves. Sample routes; yours replace them.

A cycle workshop with its glass front open onto the street, cargo and city bikes outside and the workshop lit inside

Route notes

Each bar is drawn against the longest ride and the most climbing on the list.

  • Canal to the reservoirTowpath and quiet lanes18 km60 m upFlat; the café at the dam opens at nine
  • The three hillsLanes42 km650 m upSteep but short; gears checked first
  • City loopCycle lanes12 km40 m upEvery bridge and the market
  • Gravel to the forestGravel and fire road35 km380 m upWider tyres help

Turn by turn

How to ride them.

  1. Canal to the reservoir18 km, about 1 hr 10
    1. Left out of the shop onto the towpath
    2. Lock 3
    3. Kirkstall Bridge (cross to the north bank)
    4. Rodley swing bridge
    5. Apperley Bridge
    6. right up Dam Lane to the café
  2. The three hills42 km, about 2 hr 45
    1. Towpath to Kirkstall
    2. right up Abbey Walk
    3. Hawksworth Lane (the first climb)
    4. Otley Chevin (the long one)
    5. down to Pool
    6. Arthington Bank (the steep one)
    7. back by the river
  3. City loop12 km, about 45 min
    1. Wharf
    2. Victoria Bridge
    3. the market
    4. Briggate cycle lane
    5. Millennium Square
    6. back along the river
  4. Gravel to the forest35 km, about 2 hr 30
    1. Towpath west to Rodley
    2. Calverley Woods bridleway
    3. the fire road through the forest
    4. back by the old railway