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Preparation

Experienced cycle tourists can skip this section, but if your previous cycling experience has been confined to nipping out for a loaf of bread, or riding to school a decade or two ago, there may be several questions that concern you. The most basic, of course, is ‘am I up to it?’ And then there are other questions, like ‘do I need a new bike?’ and ‘what do I need to take with me?’

Am I up to it?

For the majority of people the answer is yes, provided you prepare sensibly. Mind you, there’s only one way to find out for sure! But tackling the Lancashire Cycleway isn’t an all-or-nothing commitment. You can take it in easy stages, and many of them have bail-out options at railway stations. Pro cyclists might cover the Northern or Southern Loop in a few hours and regard it as a good training ride (one-day Classics like Milan–San Remo or the Tour of Flanders are significantly longer). Some experienced cycle tourists will happily tackle either loop in a weekend. But others may get equal or greater enjoyment and satisfaction from spending a week over one of the loops, or indeed doing it in dribs and drabs over a longer period.