Round the IOW cycle

[Khare]

Will be doing the IOW cycle with a few friends in a couple of weeks just as a training session on road bikes, and we were wondering if it's best to go clockwise or anticlockwise? We'll be catching the ferry from Lymington to Yarmouth, and apparently going anticlockwise get the bigger hills out of the way first so I've heard. Any opinions?

[JC]

I must be missing summat 

Cycle on the mainland, you do live just near the new forest don't you  on semi decent roads

Or

Go to the IoW and pot holed roads a plenty   

[Ridg]

why not do it both ways 

The island is what about 70 miles around, so you could easily do that (twice) in a day.

[The Mighty Elvi]

Depends which way the wind is blowing.

[Khare]

Depends which way the wind is blowing.

Good shout.

why not do it both ways 

The island is what about 70 miles around, so you could easily do that (twice) in a day.

Yeah but we're going easy, not going to push it.

[Guy]

here we see a fine example of 'the Wiggins effect'

[Dolly]

here we see a fine example of 'the Wiggins effect'

 

[JC]

here we see a fine example of 'the Wiggins effect'

 

i suggest going clockwise




round the roundabout in Yarmouth



and straight back on the Ferry


 

[Khare]

Not really, had planned this well before tour de France. I'm doing it with work colleagues as we're training for triathlons.

And chuff 

[Wazzzer]

Chuff I like your thinking, although I'd make it a little longer and go left, left then left again and stop at the pub right outside the box office