If You Could . . .

pelevin

Haven't cycled abroad at all myself so just a spur of the moment thought . . . if you had no money worries - lotto win, drugs deal had gone well, retiring director of ESB or whatever - where would you choose to live if specifically the main concern was cycling terrain? Though also the wider culture I suppose too.

Not including Wicklow.

numorouno

kerry of course*









*I may be biased!

pelevin

numorouno wrote: »

kerry of course*









*I may be biased!

Also excluding Kerry.

Though wait, if Kerry or Wicklow, or even Offaly be your choice, who am I to argue.

numorouno

pelevin wrote: »

Also excluding Kerry.

boooooo

pelevin

numorouno wrote: »

boooooo

There's been a referral to higher judges & Kerry has been allowed in.

numorouno

Maybe the lake district in England might get an honourable mention and lanzarote too

Seaneh

Morzine. Or somewhere in and around that part of the alps.

World class road biking, mountain biking and ski all on your door step, and lots of cheese, what more could a man want?

Conchy

I heard Adelaide is good for cycling.

SomeFool

Bourg d'Oisans
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endacl

Blue Mountains.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Anywhere down the east coast of Australia.

Cookie_Monster

Somewhere that is hot and sunny with little wind.
Would have to have a combination of mountains and flats, so probably in major river valley coming onto the coast with amountain range to one side. That way I can do hills when I want, flats when I want or mix. Needs to be a reasonable size city so you actually want to live there (50-100k) and has enough facilities.

Beasty

Probably the moon, due to its reduced gravity .....

krissovo

This is simple, Colorado........awesome for cyclists great climate, 300+ sunny days a year with near zero humidity. Roads are like like glass and always a great view of mountains plus loads of very shapely female cyclists

pelevin

Beasty wrote: »

Probably the moon, due to its reduced gravity .....

I hear they're very strict on you having to wear helmets there though.

Seweryn

pelevin wrote: »

I hear they're very strict on you having to wear helmets there though.

Same for Australia, unfortunately.

pelevin

Seweryn wrote: »

Same for Australia, unfortunately.

Really? Obligatory?

fat bloke

I love Kerry but that would be way down the list. Too much crappy weather and too much damp salty sea air, although given the OP's premise I should be able to afford a new non-rusty bike every year.

I'd go south of France or Italy. Nice roads, famous climbs, savage weather.

Cookie_Monster

pelevin wrote: »

Really? Obligatory?

Aus and NZ it's a legal requirement (and a pain in the hole)

Seweryn

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Aus and NZ it's a legal requirement (and a pain in the hole)

Yeah, must be a real pain and on a side note it is the main reason for their town bike scheme not succeeding in Melbourne and other cities. It is just not going to work.

pelevin

Just remembering Corsica during the early days of the Tour last year looked absolutely stunning with great variety in terrain.

Billycake

Definitely France. The Haute Alpe region in or around Briancon. Great roads, great climbs, great food and wine, great weather. Just great really.

07Lapierre

North County Dublin...guaranteed quiet roads ( no bike racing allowed).. Friendly motorists, strong headwinds at the back of the airport... How many more reasons do you need?

imskilguy

Belgium and Northern France - cobbled sections of Roubaix and Flanders. The people are great too!

Skrynesaver

Granada it's got Weather, Roads, Food, Hills, Culture.

Daroxtar

Guatemala, Peru, Chile, France or New Zealand. *Thinly veiled nice mountainous places I've been post

fat bloke

pelevin wrote: »

Just remembering Corsica during the early days of the Tour last year looked absolutely stunning with great variety in terrain.

That's true. I remember thinking exactly that at the time, and last year when it was on as well.

imskilguy wrote: »

Belgium and Northern France - cobbled sections of Roubaix and Flanders. The people are great too!

:eek::eek: Bottom of my list. I dunno if you've cycled on cobbles but I'd rather eat my own teeth and do it ever again, let alone live near them!

Bloggsie

anytime there are shapley female cyclists around......., I'd better stop before I get banned from boards.
I could cycle anywhere that other road users have respect for cyclists. I have seen some images from cycles in Tenerife & France, while there are a lot of hills & heat to be considered it looked outstanding. Perhaps when my son gets older, the pair of us can head off someplace on the continent.

TheBlaaMan

Easy, answer in one heartbeat? Anywhere in Northern Italy within the foothills of the Dolomites/Alps.
Why? Food, roads, climbs, wine, wimmen, scenery, climate and that 'meh, whatever' attitude of the Italians that reminds me of Ireland...

theMAC

Just back from a holiday in Sardinia and there seems to be a very vibrant bike culture there... A little too many hills for me, but you would become a climbing and decent expert quickly Beautiful place!

Beasty

pelevin wrote: »

I hear they're very strict on you having to wear helmets there though.

That's fine. Hopefully a bit less damage ensues when I fall off.....

rflynnr

I know this ignores the "money no object" stipulation at the outset but I find it very hard to think outside the parsimonious box. With that in mind: Wales. Ferry to Holyhead, then follow the various cycle routes across Anglesea, Snowdonia, Brecon Beacons and down the Taff Valley into Cardiff. Did this last year and couldn't understand why people weren't shouting about it from the rooftops: quiet roads (many bicycle-only), varied and beautiful terrain and affordable accommodation. Weather is the only possible concern...

endacl

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Aus and NZ it's a legal requirement (and a pain in the hole)

I think you might be wearing it wrong!!

:eek:

pelevin

rflynnr wrote: »

I know this ignores the "money no object" stipulation at the outset but I find it very hard to think outside the parsimonious box. With that in mind: Wales. Ferry to Holyhead, then follow the various cycle routes across Anglesea, Snowdonia, Brecon Beacons and down the Taff Valley into Cardiff. Did this last year and couldn't understand why people weren't shouting about it from the rooftops: quiet roads (many bicycle-only), varied and beautiful terrain and affordable accommodation. Weather is the only possible concern...

Nothing wrong with a bit of down-at-heel realism. Wales wouldn't have entered my head at all. My brother is talking of going on a maiden motorbike tour to Wales which sounds, weather perhaps aside, a better idea than I might have thought.