ROAD RIDES C Y C L I N G RIDE KEY: Gentle spin, modest elevation change Just to the north of Gleneagles Hotel are a wonderful patchwork of sheltered woodland roads over rolling farmland which offers miles and miles of tranquil B-road cycling. To the south are the steep glens of Gleneagles and Dunning with their climbs up to moorland solitude. For a taste of Highland Perthshire head west to the lochs & mountains of The Trossachs. Whatever your preference for terrain and whatever your level of fitness, Gleneagles has all the equipment to get you on the road. Choose from sixteen road routes (from twelve to seventy miles). These routes are pre-loaded onto Garmin onbike sat-nav devices with supporting paper maps. Please ask at The Club for details. As Ernest Hemingway once quipped.. Steeper sections over short distances “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best”. Longer climbs Cat 3 climb on 50+ miles Route 01: Route 02: Route 03: DISTANCE: 12.5 miles / 20km (1 hour) DISTANCE: 18.1 miles / 29km (1.5 hours) DISTANCE: 16.7 miles / 26.9km (1.5hrs) ELEVATION: 560ft / 170m ELEVATION: 942ft / 287m ELEVATION: 1,170ft / 357m ENERGY: 449kj (approx) ENERGY: 942kj (approx) ENERGY: 592kj (approx) Route 04: Route 05: Route 06A: DISTANCE: 25.5 miles / 41km (2 hours) DISTANCE: 30.4 miles / 48.9 km (2hrs 30 mins) DISTANCE: 28.4 miles / 46 km (2hrs 30mins) ELEVATION: 1,169ft / 356m ELEVATION: 1,641ft / 500m ELEVATION: 2,004ft / 611 m ENERGY: 1,046kj (approx) ENERGY: 1,246kj (approx) ENERGY: 1,125kj (approx) Route 06B: Route 07: Route 08: Muir of Orchill Langside Loop Col du Dunning Earn Return Strowan Road Drummond Castle DISTANCE: 25.2 miles / 40.6km (2hrs 20mins) DISTANCE: 32.9 miles / 55.5km (2hrs 30mins) ELEVATION: 1,654ft / 13m ELEVATION: 2010ft / 612m ENERGY: 1,024kj (approx) ENERGY: 1,350kj (approx) Route 09: A Gleneagles - Dunblane (12.6 miles) BD unblane - Dukes Pass -Gleneagles (57.2 miles) C Dunblane - Gleneagles (12.6 miles) Ask at The Club about our fleet of eight custom built Condor Road bikes in a variety of materials and sizes. Condor Cycles have been based in Gray’s Inn, London (since 1946) building performance bikes for legends of the sport including Tom Simpson and Sir Bradley Wiggins. Muthill Alps Dunning Descent A Gleneagles - St Fillans (22.1 miles) B St Fillans - Around Loch Earn (15.4 miles) C St Fillans - Gleneagles (20.1 miles) Find your corresponding ride on your Garmin bike sat-nav