This is what I would call the premier bike route. It was certainly the fastest, I never tried it on a racing bike but I did do it full pelt on a Chopper a few times and reached a speed of approx. 45 MPH in the old money. The route was Hazeldene all the way. Starting at the junction of Hazeldene Avenue and Kenton Lane the first sections was a shallow incline followed by a flat section in front of the T1a houses. A 90 degree right turn into the first hill section, pedal like crazy….. and reach maximum phase 1 speed at the bottom of the hill around Byrness Close then into a flat section until just after Dr. Raj’s surgery then into the second hill. Down, down, down – peddling like mad – max speed reached around Laverock Place and if you are bold – keep peddling like mad…. and into the hard right death corner at the bottom of the hill. This is marked with a red dot on the diagram. This corn was notorious for car crashes and in fact the fence here was always a different colour from the rest as it had been replaced so often….coast around the corner at full speed then a gentle flat section and a slight uphill to the finish. I reckon all told about a mile but great fun and sooooo fast.
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Master, I am NOT convinced....Route 2 was straight down Ryal Walk, an incline of perhaps...30 degrees, whereas Hazeldene was...20 degrees?....you shot like a silver bullet fown down down then up the slight incline at the back of Kenton Bar Infant School to the shops, past her Majesty then down the rough path through the field by the shops then onto the exit road from Reestones garages to rejoin the Hazeldene Road route which you have mapped...all the time without the need for any need to pedal!...at the bottom by your red dot you went due north over the fields to the west of Hillsview School down a rough path dirt track on and on to collapse (Kashl kashl) to stop near where the Kingston Park Metro is...all without any need to pedal!-masterful control of the Chopper was key to succesful negotiation of route 2, a FASTER route!
ReplyDeleteNonsense - how would you know anyway? You ware too trampy to even own a bike. Never mind a Chopper.
Deleteyou young swine...I owned a chopper...well shared...coming soon:
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2. DB's riders...