Pick n Mix volume 3

This week’s collection of rides comes from a variety of contributors and countries in our third Pick n Mix ride collection.

There are some fresh rides from England, Scotland, South Africa and a nice, and fresh selection from Canada.

Special thanks to this week’s contributors Peter Kettle, Bianca Le Roux, Mark Ayton, Curtis Penner and Ian Downie.

You can find these routes by searching “New” in the FulGaz app. If you can’t see these rides in the app, go to settings > update ride list and they will appear.

MINNES LOOP

A rolling ride through the Buchan countryside to the hamlet of Minnes with three steady but moderate climbs in the first 24 km/15 miles, nothing more than 7-8% at the steepest. Best to warm up first as the steepest climb is the first one. The next 12 km/7½ miles is a mixture of gentle descending and some short kicks to test your legs and lungs, then it’s a gradual descent most of the way to the finish, which you can use as a cool down unless you really want to go for it.

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41.29km
DISTANCE
1:33:11
DURATION
359m
ELEVATION

BRANDS HATCH

A hot lap of the full Brands Hatch motor racing circuit, used to host Formula 1 races between 1964 and 1986. Follow in the tracks of James Hunt (McLaren) and Niki Lauda (Ferrari) as they fought for the 1976 world championship, with Hunt eventually taking the crown after Lauda's fiery crash at the Nurburgring. An insect lands on the camera at the start of the lap, and hitches a ride to the finish line. You can hide it on the left hand edge of the screen by configuring your Fulgaz Display Settings > HUD style to Heads Up Display rather than Bike Computer.

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3.79km
DISTANCE
00:07:41
DURATION
63m
ELEVATION

VILLAGE OF LAKE LOUISE TO MORAINE LAKE

Ride from the Village of Lake Louise to Moraine Lake in beautiful in Banff National Park. Enjoy the amazing views of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Set in the rugged Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake is surrounded by mountains, waterfalls, and rock piles, It’s waters are the most amazing colour, a vivid shade of turquoise that changes in intensity through the summer as the glaciers melt.

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14.11km
DISTANCE
00:46:18
DURATION
399m
ELEVATION

SHEEP RIVER

Enjoy the fall colours of the Alberta foothills as you Ride through the Sheep River Valley from Turner Valley to Junction Creek in Sheep River Provincial Park. Sheep River Valley is part of Kananaskis Country park located on the Eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta Canada.

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38.53km
DISTANCE
01:25:55
DURATION
592m
ELEVATION

THOUSAND ISLANDS PARKWAY

A ride along Lake Ontario that's so flat the Dutch would think they were at home. This doesn't make it easy if you ride it hard enough. You'll be timed for the full distance so we recommend a good warmup first.

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14.6km
DISTANCE
0:32:04
DURATION
84m
ELEVATION

SHEEP RIVER

Enjoy the fall colours of the Alberta foothills as you Ride through the Sheep River Valley from Turner Valley to Junction Creek in Sheep River Provincial Park. Sheep River Valley is part of Kananaskis Country park located on the Eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta Canada.

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38.53km
DISTANCE
01:25:55
DURATION
592m
ELEVATION

OC-17/OC-18 LEITH HILL AND WHITE DOWN LANE

Take on these two notorious Surrey hills on a late summer's day under sunshine and blue skies. Although they are comparable in both distance and height gained, White Down Lane (OC-18) is a much harder climb as it doesn't start ramping up until you have crossed the railway bridge, over halfway through the segment. Leith Hill (OC-17) is first up, immediately after the start, so make sure that you've warmed your climbing legs up.

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18.64km
DISTANCE
0:52:41
DURATION
357m
ELEVATION

OC-52 GREENHOW HILL TO GRASSINGTON

The Yorkshire Dales is a vast stretch of open moorland with a few villages tucked away in valleys or at its edges. This ride, along the main road from Pateley Bridge to the popular tourist village of Grassington, highlights the remote scenery as it sweeps across the moors. The climb out of Pateley Bridge up Greenhow hill is long, but the steep bits are in stages, giving some chance for recovery in between. After that, it is a fast, undulating run to Grassington, with the reward of its many good cafes and tea shops when you get there (in real life).

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17.10km
DISTANCE
00:45:24
DURATION
454m
ELEVATION

OC-148 NOUGHT BANK ROAD

Greenhow Hill may be the well-known climb out of Pateley Bridge, but Nought Bank Road provides a quieter and more scenic alternative. The ride turns off the main road just outside of Pateley Bridge and takes a narrow lane up to Yorke’s folly and onto Heyshaw Moor. With the climbing out the way, enjoy the scenery and descent back down to the river Nidd and then run back to the starting point on Pateley Bridge High Street.

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16.46km
DISTANCE
00:38:30
DURATION
371m
ELEVATION

OC-47/OC-48 MALHAM COVE AND LANGCLIFFE SCAR

Mallham cove (OC-47) is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the Yorkshire Dales. Visitors come to see the amazing wall of limestone at the back of the cove. Sadly, you only get glimpses from the ride, but the climb up onto Ewe Moor and to Malham Tarn is still stunning. After descending off the moors to the village of Stainforth, there is the climb up Langcliff Scar (OC-48) and between the rocky outcrops before descending back to the start in the village of Malham.

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25.8km
DISTANCE
1:06:08
DURATION
660m
ELEVATION

GOLDEN GATE PASS

Golden Gate Highlands National Park lies nestled in the rolling foothills of the Maluti Mountains of the north-eastern Free State, bordering Lesotho. This is true highlands habitat, home to a variety of mammals - black wildebeest, eland, blesbok, oribi, springbok and Burchell's zebra - and birds, including the rare bearded vulture (lammergeier) and the equally rare bald ibis, which breed in the ledges of the sandstone cliff. Golden Gate Highlands National Park derives its name from the brilliant shades of gold cast by the sun on the park's sandstone cliffs, especially the imposing Brandwag rock.

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31.00km
DISTANCE
01:23:46
DURATION
664m
ELEVATION

KILLARNEY RACE TRACKS

Here’s a taste of a thrill in the saddle, every week some Cape Towns top adrenaline junkie cyclists get together for a very fast race around the Killarney race tracks, sometimes hitting speeds of 60km per hour, for most of them their biggest fear is when the gentle sea breeze becomes a blowing south-westerly wind… So just go ahead and jump in the bunch, get a taste of living on the edge “of your saddle”.

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38.55km
DISTANCE
00:50:38
DURATION
68m
ELEVATION

OC-14/OC-17/OC-18 TRIPLE TROUBLE IN THE SURREY HILLS

This is a classic Sunday “club run” route taking in three main climbs through the picturesque, sweeping roads of Surrey. Today you’ll start with a warm-up climb up Box Hill’s famous Zig Zag Road (OC-14). There’ll be no stopping at the National Trust Café today as you ride over Ranmore Common to Shere, and past another great Sunday ride café stop (The Dabbling Duck) before the road climbs once again up Leith Hill (OC-17). The last climb of the day is the toughest – White Down Lane (OC-18). Save your legs for the main climb which starts after the railway bridge, where the narrow road pitches to above 18%. The perfect place to drop your clubmates and earn post-ride bragging rights! From here it’s mostly downhill as you flush the lactic acid out of well-spent legs on the return journey back to Ryka's cafe. See you again at the same time next week!

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63.4km
DISTANCE
2:55:59
DURATION
1134m
ELEVATION