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Hello All,
The Mrs and I are off to the Lakes next weekend for a week. We will take our ebikes, We know about Whinlatter and Grizedale and have ridden some stuff around Keswick before. We'll probably do the Borrowdale circuit, but are looking for some other recommendations. I don't fancy sustained hike-a-bike with the ebike, and the Mrs will kill/divorce me, so we'd need to give anything like that a miss.
We can cope with most trails. Black grade trail centre level stuff should be OK. She'll ride Rake and Ruin/Pink Floyd etc at Dunkeld, the easier stuff - Green Wing, Angry Sheep at Inners. I can clean the Laggan Black, she is not so confident on it.
I am anticipating rocky and wet in the Lakes. Any ideas welcome.
Just done this ride on Sunday after storm Amy and it rode well considering the hammering over the weekend.
Also what I considered when I did it.
My best lakes ride I've ever done.
Gpx files should be in the description 🤞
Plenty of other routes on my YouTube channel.
Thanks, I have been looking suggestions up and think we have plenty of options.
There you go 🙂
I put this together for some one on here. It’s quite scenic and varied and never that hard. Well maybe the of couple of meters.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rCKgBYRuxefuT_1mFCC1NHO2cIGgzvL8/view?usp=drivesdk
I think the Ulswater shore wouldn’t your requirements. I think you might need to carry in places
A coniston loop would work well
Ampthill's Iron Keld/ Loughrigg Terrace is a great mellow route. Really recommend it.
I haven't watched the vids above, but if they mention UW bridleway then I again agree with ampthill. It is one of my favouritest routes ever..... precisely because it is gnadgery rocky tech with loads of hard bits. Not sure it meets the OP's requirements
You'd probably enjoy a Nan Bield route OP
If you're both happy on bouldery descents (not steep) then probably do the classic Three Passes route taking in Garburn and Gatesgarth.
Gatesgarth was sanitised ages ago so may be dull, but you're on eebs so it doesn't matter.
Where about are you staying? Makes it easier to recommend stuff if it avoids driving loads to get to the start.
Nan Bield route
If you're both happy on bouldery descents (not steep) then probably do the classic Three Passes route taking in Garburn and Gatesgarth
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don't fancy sustained hike-a-bike with the ebike, and the Mrs will kill/divorce me, s
Obviously I don't have an eeb, so can't be 100% but surely the ascent from Haweswater to NB contravenes the no sustained HaB mandate?
Or do eebs just cycle effortlessly up NB north? In which case colour me (slightly) impressed.
If the OP and wife are nails then of course a 2 1/2 passes would fit the bill beautifully. Eebs will take you up Garburn and Gatesgarth no problem. Then from the summit of Gatesgarth head over Harter Fell and then drop down to the top of Nan Beild. Pretty much all the uphill should be rideable......
The downhill from Harter, not so much.
I did the three passes on my levo sl a few weeks ago
We've all the way down to haweswater (water level was very low!!) And hiked back up to nan bield from there. Ride chunks of it, pushed a fair bit with walk mode, put it on in my shoulders towards the very last section. It was pretty hard going but doable (I am a weakling) bit I was noticeable less knackered throughout the whole thing then previous attempts (obviously.)
I also tagged on green quarter/hp plantation at the end, then back to Staveley. Could have done back to kentmere and up to three rivers as well really tbh, but was getting towards home time by then.
25 miles, 5000ft, still had 25-30 percent battery left at the end. Did most climbing in eco with occasional trail for the hardest bits. Cleaned garburn and gatescsarth like this. Used turbo on green quarter.
We did Gatesgarth in April on the Ebikes and it's too loose to be rideable and there was loads of 4x4s and Enduro bikes on it too.
Thanks. Some of these passes are giving me the fear. The might also give me a divorce...
My Ullswater ride doesn't involve any carrying as it doesn't involve going along the unrideable side.
I can recommend the Claife Heights loop near Hawkshead or Kentmere Valley. They are scenic, e-bike friendly with no long stretches of walking. I think these are very good routes, great terrain for the lakes but no mountain passes.
My Ullswater ride doesn't involve any carrying as it doesn't involve going along the unrideable side.
I'm intrigued to know why you call it the Ullswater Ride .... 🙂
@mark88 - my guess is Grizedale but it would have to be after a long dry spell to get me down those!
my guess is Grizedale but it would have to be after a long dry spell to get me down those!
Hmmm there wasn't anything I recognised. Agreed, didn't look like my idea of fun in the wet and covered in leaves but could be great dry
my guess is Grizedale but it would have to be after a long dry spell to get me down those!
Yes it's Grizedale.
We ride some of them any time of year (but they get pretty spicy), some of them I've not seen but don't think I'd do in the wet - and some I've probably already seen and refused even in the dry.
Sail + Rigg beck after a north and south loop of Whinlatter.. Go big or go home
@ampthill - might pinch that for next week, in Ambleside for the week and will likely ride on my own. Do you have stats - distance & elevation to give me an idea of timings please (and thank you).
(Unless anyone fancies a ride of something nadgery!)