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Bike Type: Touring bike/Road Bike Difficulty: Easy/Moderate This is a shorter wilderness route that takes you along the 4 lakes of the valley before wondering off into some low lying hills. Take a picnic with you, as there are a dozen or so secret picnic spots that you can discover along this route. It onlyContinue reading “Fröböke flat loop – Road Bike”

Bike Type: Touring bike/Road Bike Difficulty: Easy/Moderate Another loop that is designed for you to stop for lunch, this shorter loop takes you into the wilderness to Ulvered’s Hjorthägn, or deer farm. Here there is an amazing restaurant where you can take a tour of the deer farm, have a burger or a fancy dinnerContinue reading “Ulvered Deer Farm Loop – Road Bike”

Bike Type: Road/Touring Difficulty: Easy If you’ve been looking at the other road biking loops, you’ll notice the word ‘climb’ coming up again and again. Well, good news, this is a remarkably flat loop that only features one big hill, and that’s on your way home from the city. You follow the Banvallsleden (paved trainContinue reading “Beach Loop – Road Bike”

This is a lovely, quiet loop that takes you from Simlångsdalen over the hills toward Oskarström then slowly up into the wilderness of Mjälahult. It is a triangular shaped loop (a loop shaped triangle?), and at the top of that triangle is a perfect little nature reserve beach with a picnic table. I’ve never seenContinue reading “Mjälahult Wilderness Loop – Road Bike”

Bike type: Road Difficulty: Moderate/Advanced This is a 90 km ride that visits two towns of medium size, Oskarström and Hyltebruk. They are well spaced out for the more casual rider who is looking for coffee and lunch breaks on their route. It is a relatively hilly route with a few longer climbs, but nothingContinue reading “Hylte-Oskarström Lunch Loop – Road Bike”

Bike Type: Road bike Difficulty: Tough This loop is only 22km in length, but it will certainly feel longer. On tiny back roads for half the route, you’ll wonder who paved this road and why. The answer is, for us to enjoy road biking more! This route follows the Åled road before turning towards Marbackshult,Continue reading “Short Alpine Loop – Road Bike”

Bike Type: Road bike/Touring Bike Difficult: Moderate As it sounds, this route is for new riders. It begins with one relatively long hill and is almost immediately followed by another, steeper climb. If you can manage those, the route is mostly downhill and flat. The loop brings you near Nicola’s Cafe in Marbäck, which isContinue reading “Beginner’s Loop – Road Bike”

Bike type: Road Difficulty: Moderate Much like the name implies, this is a route with a lot of climbing. Starting from Simlångsdalen and heading immediately into the hills towards Åled, you get to enjoy one of our local favourite road biking roads. It feels almost like it was specifically designed for roadbikes, as it isContinue reading “Åled-Oskarström Hilly Loop – Road Bike”

Bike type: Road Difficulty: Easy/Moderate The lunch in Laholm loop is a 66km road bike loop that stays entirely on tarmac, there is ultimately over 600m climbing on this loop, but besides the big climbs in and out of the valley, it will seem like a relatively flat ride. Just one big push at theContinue reading “Lunch in Laholm Loop – Road Bike”

Due to recent logging activity, there is a 1km section of the Blue/White Svalilt loop (from Simlångsgården) that is closed. At this moment I would recommend staying on the gravel road to complete the route. Expect an update soon.