New cyclosportive, Burgess Hill "RUMBLE" cyclospo

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BURGESS HILL "RUMBLE" CYCLOSPORTIVE

Just to inform you all about the above cyclosportive happening on 31st of August 2008.


This new Cyclosportive has a town Centre start and finish in Burgess Hill Sussex.
There are 3 routes :-

THE CLASSIC A 95 mile Cyclosportive. The hardest ride taking in hills such as kidds hill, Yorks hill and Toys hill. as it travels over the South and North downs


THE CHALLENGE A 65 mile Cyclosportive a scenic route over Ashdown Forest.


THE TOUR A 20 mile Cyclosportive for fun cyclist to enjoy the razmataz of this town centre cycling event, starting and finishing in heart of Burgess Hill.

The SRS Events website http://www.srs-events.cc will be up shortly but for those that require further information you can contact us via e-mail srs.events@ntlworld.com

Or you can Enter NOW ! via The British Cycling web site EVERYDAY CYCLING :-

http://www.everydaycycling.com/edc/even ... umble.aspx

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If you require full event details please do not hesitate to contact the organisers on
srs.events@ntlworld.com

redddraggon

The Synchrotron Radiation Source is organising cycling events now?

andy_wrx

Why would it organise it dahn sarf then, since it lives in Daresbury ?

redddraggon

andy_wrx wrote:

Why would it organise it dahn sarf then, since it lives in Daresbury ?

The SRS couldn't organise a p!ss up in a brewery - it must be a different SRS

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Thanks for your interesting comments we are SRS Events based in Sussex

our website will be back on line in the next few days.


With regards to the Burgess Hill Rumble

COURSE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND HERE.

http://www.bikely.com/listpaths/srchkey/SRS

ricadus

75 km and then Yorks Hill - will be carnage if its wet or big groups of riders. :twisted:

I think the left turn into Southbrook Lane at the bottom of Toys Hill descent (at 86 km) is risky - people who are unfamiliar with the area will be going v fast there so you will need marshals and a number of warning signs preceding it.

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Yes Ricadas your right to point out these areas this is all in hand have no fear of that.

We are going to have many marshals along the course in key points not just in the places you have pointed out along with warning signs and detailed route maps with full information on areas where riders have to take extra care.
The Safety of riders and others is our first priority.

Of course the descents on our routes are not like descending an Alps mountain but we do have many great descents on our courses which makes up for the hard climbs we also have like Kidds Hill and Yorks hill.

we hope to see at least some of London Pheonix team riding the Burgess Hill Rumble.

http://www.everydaycycling.com/edc/even ... umble.aspx

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We have been having some people asking how hard the Classic ride is in The Burgess Hill Rumble.

I would say an average fitness Cyclosportive rider or club cyclist who races. should have no problem in finishing the event, The Classic ride is for experienced cyclists though and training for the event is recommended.
You can see the route here :-

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/SRS-CLASSIC-RIDE

If you don't feel that your fitness is up to the above. The Challenge ride which is 65 miles long is a good event to do, although still a test of fitness. There are some "hardish" hills in the ride, most notably Kidds Hill but the descents make up for the climbs if your not gifted in fighting gravity.
We rode The Challenge Ride in a small group of average fitness cyclists in March and we did it in around 4 and a half hours but we didn't stop.

I would say with stops this ride is achievable for most who are able to sit on the saddle for between 4 and 6 hours.
The route can be seen here:-

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/SR ... enge-route