Two of the UK’s leading adventure cyclists are gearing up to road test the Yorkshire Coast’s new cycle touring route today
The organisation behind Yorkshire’s ultimate road trip, ‘Route YC’, is teaming up with Mark Beaumont and Markus Stitz to launch a series of new cycle routes in early 2024.
Mark and Markus have just completed the final design and planning stages for the new routes and are now preparing to test ride a section between Hull and Staithes.
For route developer Markus Stitz, the new cycle touring route, which connects with the Rotterdam to Hull ferry, will be part of his cycling home for Christmas trip, which has become a tradition for the founder of Bikepacking Scotland, and author of the book Great British Gravel Rides.
Markus is the first person to cycle the world on a single-speed bike, cycle route designer, filmmaker, photographer and writer, who was commissioned by Route YC to design the cycling itineraries based on the original routes.
Mark Beaumont is a Guinness World Record holder for fastest circumnavigation of the world by bike (men), broadcaster and author.
The new Route YC cycling routes will range from 9 to 260 miles in length and have been specially designed to help visitors of all abilities explore the Yorkshire coast and countryside on gravel, touring and road bikes.
The main circular route will start and finish in Scarborough and is suitable for gravel bikes. Several day trips will start in the Yorkshire coast towns of Whitby, Scarborough, Filey, Bridlington, Hornsea and Withernsea, and the North York Moors village of Grosmont. The collection of routes is completed by a bikepacking weekender route starting in Whitby and a cycle touring route from the ferry terminal in Hull to Staithes.
The new cycle routes are due to be launched on Route YC in early 2024 in partnership with navigation and route planning app, Komoot, which helps over 35 million cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts all over the world to plan better outdoor adventures.
Markus Stitz, said of the region:
The new routes will be launched in late January 2024, with the new cycle touring route, as well as the existing routes The Cinder Track and Moors to Sea already available on https://www.komoot.com/user/routeyc
There will also be a new Yorkshire Coast Dirt Dash event in July 2024, where riders can experience one of the routes in an organised ride with campsite and food.
For more information about Route YC, as well as Markus and Mark's road test of the Yorkshire Coast's new cycle touring route, go to www.routeyc.co.uk/cycling-home-for-christmas-by-cargo-bike
The organisation behind Yorkshire’s ultimate road trip, ‘Route YC’, is teaming up with Mark Beaumont and Markus Stitz to launch a series of new cycle routes in early 2024.
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