There are plenty of hills in Surrey, but they are not like Devon hills (well, not that I have found yet I could easily be wrong!). I don't have a problem with hill starts etc. but I have never ridden a bike down roads like that - steep, windy sometimes with bad visibilty, sometimes with a big ass drop along side
. Any Devon bods on here from Porlock, Lynton & Lynmouth or Brendon might be able to back me up on this one
I just want some nasty Devon like roads to practice on, as I can picture it now - me riding at 5 mph, scared pooless and getting abuse from the car behind screaming "f***ing grockel" at me as they ram me off the road
TBH thinking about it I don't really have that much experience bike riding outside of my daily commute on the A3 (or via Burpham if I need a change of scenery). I have done a few trips to random places like the obligatory Newlands corner, done a bit of central London (and I never drive in London), Winchester, Wotton Basset, Newmarket, but generally only via roads like M4, A31, A3 - wide roads with a nice view.
Thanks for all the suggestions - Sometime this weekend (weather permitting) I'm going for a lil ride through all those recommended places to push me out of my comfort zone eek
Any people want to tag along and offer tips, and maybe help me pick my bike up when I inevitably get something wrong
, feel free!