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Cobbles!
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As a fan of the spring classics and especially those that are cobbled I have been desperate to try and find any stretches of cobbles we have in the region. After reading an article in Cycling Weekly earlier this year that mentioned a cobbled climb near Laughton-en-le-Morthen I have been trying to track down its exact location. After a bit of detective work I found out it was near Roche Abbey so on Saturday morning I set off to find it.
After a couple of hours of riding and one wrong turn that added a couple of miles onto the journey I turned down into the road that leads to the Abbey and found them.
Map - The road that leads down from the A634 starts off with tarmac but then turns to cobbles.
I have read a lot about how hard the cobbles are to ride and how much toll it takes on the body and your bike and now I can really believe it. The cobbles at Roche Abbey probably only stretch for 1/4 of a mile but you really know that you've cycled over them.
After a couple of passes over them I thought I'd better not push my luck and headed back home. I now need to find some more so that I can create my own version of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen
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However, for a more local section of pave, you can't beat a few circuits of Chesterfield Market, although you have to ride it early in the morning or in the evening. Low Pavement, High Street, Market Place and New Square are all cobbled, although the only wheels I've pushed over them in the last few years since moving out of Chesterfield have been attached to a buggy...
I think you have tried to link to this , but something is missing in your post..where is it exactly
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