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The C2C was the first National Cycle Route to be opened by Sustrans and is the most widely known long distance cycle route in the UK. It stretches for around 140 miles from Workington and Whitehaven on the Cumbria coast, across the Pennines to Tynemouth and Sunderland.

All of the UK's signed cycle routes brought together on one map - now a comprehensively updated and expanded 3rd edition. Using the outstanding quality and detail of Times Comprehensive Atlas mapping, Sustrans' National Cycle Network and other popular cycle trails are featured and defined - traffic free or on road. Family cyclists will love the listed traffic free trails. Third edition features include:* S...

"Cycling Southern France - Loire to Mediterranean" is a comprehensive guide to major leisure cycling routes south of (and including) the Loire Valley in France.

Rides using Trans Pennine Trail, Pennine Bridleway and featuring a 110 mile 'Pike to Peak' circular route, linking the famous landmarks of Stoodley Pike near Hebden Bridge to Rushup Edge and Mam Tor in the Peak District National Park. The Pike to Peak is around 75% off-road and uses old packhorse trails and turnpike roads to take in some of the area's most stunning scenery and attractive towns and villages....

Cycling Northern France: Cycle Routes North of the Loire, an A5, spiral-bound guide-and-map set from Excellent Books with eight touring routes, plus over 5000km of greenways and véloroues, all with detailed descriptions and extracts from Michelin maps at 1:200,000, plus a separate folded map printed on light, waterproof and tear-resistant synthetic paper.

Veloscenic is one of France's most popular long-distance cycle routes. It links Paris via Versailles, Chartres and Alencon, to the incredible Mont St-Michel. It also takes in some of northern France's finest scenery, passing through the Chevreuse Valley, the Perche, Normandy Maine and the Bocage Normand. Following numerous traffic-free trails and many miles of quiet, rural roads it let's you enjoy four UNES...

Excellent Books' guide to the Devon Coast to Coast cycle trail covers the entire 102 mile route from either Ilfracombe or Bude on the north coast of Devon to Plymouth on the south coast, taking in coasts, estuaries and beaches, plus The Granite Way on the flank of Dartmoor, the Plym Valley Trail and the famous Tarka Trail.

"Brompton Bicycle" tells the fascinating story behind one of the world’s most unusual and popular folding bikes. It details how you can modify and convert your Brompton for such uses as child carrying and tackling hilly country as well as acting as a unique maintenance and repair manual, full of tips you won’t find in any standard bike repair book.

A guide to facilities and attractions along the trans-Pennine trail for walkers, cyclists and horse riders.

"Electric Bicycles" covers all aspects of this rapidly growing form of transport and leisure riding, with chapters on history and development, classic models, choosing and using and much, much more. Little known until recently, electric bikes are advancing rapidly, both in terms of popularity and technology.

From the creators of the original C2C, this is a new cycle route through the Southern Uplands of Scotland, from coast to coast.Linking Annan on the Solway Firth and South Queensferry on the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, the Scottish C2C is a 122 mile signed cycle route. It is a mix of country lanes, high quality cycle paths and seaside promenades with two challenging climbs, over the classic Devils Beef Tu...