Cycleway town
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Milton Keynes, England
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Bikes: 2.6kw GT LTS e-tandem, 250w Voodoo, 250w solar recumbent trike, 3-speed shopper, Merlin ol/skl mtb, 80cc Ellswick
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I don't need a flat route, i have a regen assist system. But if i did, i have an extremely flat 50 mile route.
I live about the same level as The Grand Union Canal. It passes through my town. I should be able to find a flat route to it. There are very few locks on it for the first 25 miles north (three i think) where the level drops just a few feet.
So that's a 50 mile round trip within a 20ft layer, with very occasional variation.
Wouldn't wanna do it with 23mm tyresm though. For that, it'd have to be the UK's first road, the 1,930 year old Watling Street, which also passes through my town. Here it runs along side the high-speed London to Birmingham main railway line. That's pretty flat.
If i wanted really flat i'd go to East Anglia, where an entire corner of England is like the salt flats, but green.