UK Audaxes / Sportives in May

Jen J

Can anyone recommend any audax / long sportives around May time next year, or possibly March/ early April (don't know when the season is).

Must be UK, preferable easy to get to by train, and ride distance ideally over 200 miles.

And I know this is the wrong forum to ask about sportives, but I'm too scared to venture out of commuting, and I figured as you're all so clever, you may be able to help

Jen J

And I can't edit the title. I'm sure 'audaxes' isn't actually a word, but it'll have to stay :x

linsen

good grief Jen you are very energetic!

Jen J

Not really - it wil be done very leisurely!

I need to get some long rides in before August, and I figured an audax would be a bit more interesting than thirty laps of Richmond Park, as nice as the park may be...

el_presidente

Not may sportives over 100 miles ish

I did the White Horse Challenge this year which was April, 90 miles & very entertaining. You could always do 2 laps.

linsen

Come with me round the Isle of Wight. Good hill practice, around 67 miles and it's very scenic

Free most Sundays

Jen J

linsen wrote:

Come with me round the Isle of Wight. Good hill practice, around 67 miles and it's very scenic

Free most Sundays

I don't *do* hills

I may just take you up on that though - I haven't been to the IOW since I was a kid.

The White Horse sounds good too.

linsen

I don't do hills either - we can suffer together!

biondino

Don't think you're going to find a sportive of any length that doesn't include hills, Jen.

risi

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... sc&start=0

There's a link in the first post.

linsen

biondino wrote:

Don't think you're going to find a sportive of any length that doesn't include hills, Jen.

We could design one in East Anglia! Now that would be punishment....

Jen J

biondino wrote:

Don't think you're going to find a sportive of any length that doesn't include hills, Jen.

I could just go round the M25 a few times?

I going to have to deal with hills, I know. But the IOW is particuarly hilly (at least I know that the marathon there is a very hilly course). But it's still an attractive prospect anyway...

Jen J

risi wrote:

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12590240&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

There's a link in the first post.

That's a fantastic link, thanks

linsen

In the Guardian recently it was classified as one of the top 50 rides. The smug writer described it as "flattish"....
I did it with a friend on an MTB (me on Frank) in 5hrs48 in June, when I was less fit than now. Counted 22 of the tinkers, but the views are spectacular (esp on the south coast) and if I can do it, you can!

fizz

Tour of Wessex is normally the end of May ( bank holiday weekend ) this year it was 325 miles over 3 days. Its very hilly though...

You could train it down easily enough from where you live I would have thought.

HTH

dirk_van_gently

linsen wrote:

We could design one in East Anglia! Now that would be punishment....

Arh the old misconception that the Fens, and East Anglia are the same thing, they are not.
Norfolk and Suffolk can be very lumpy in places.

Crapaud

I can't remember my user ID or password to filter the results for your area, Jen. The first number in each audax is the distance in km. Have a look in Sportives and Road Rides for sportives.

Audaxes for 1st Mar - 31st May '09 from AUK Calendar :

102 01 Mar09North Petherton, S of Bridgwater Dunkery Dash
09:00 Sun AA0.5 [1600m] BP £5.00 Keith Tudball
201 01 Mar09Rosewell, S of Edinburgh Dave Harris Memorial
08:00 Sun AA0.5 [2900m] BRM £10.00 Sonya Crawford

203 07 Mar09Bishop's Cleeve, Cheltenham Cheltenham Flyer
08:00 Sat [2000m] BRM £7.00 Ronald Carlton
103 07 Mar09Hathersage, Derbyshire Spring in the Peak
9::00 Sat AA1.75 [2180m] BP £6 Oliver Wright
100 08 Mar09Birdwell, S of Barnsley Birdwell 100k
09:00 Sun BP £4.00 Steve Myatt
201 08 Mar09Exeter Mad March Coasts and Quantocks
08:00 Sun AA0.25 [2725m] BR £5.00 Pippa Wheeler
106 08 Mar09Exeter Mad March Exeter Excursion
09:00 Sun BP £5.00 Pippa Wheeler
203 08 Mar09Hailsham, E Sussex The Upper Tea 200
07:30 Sun BR £8.00 David Hudson
100 08 Mar09Otford, Sevenoaks Kent Invicta Grimpeur 100
09:30 Sun AA0.75 [1700m] BP £3.50 Steve Airey
50 08 Mar09Otford, Sevenoaks Kent Invicta Hilly 50
10:00 Sun AA0.25 [850m] BP £3.50 Steve Airey

108 14 Mar09Alfreton, NW of Nottingham Three Fields
09:00 Sat [1270m] BP £4.00 Tom Fox
207 14 Mar09Ugley, S of Saffron Walden Up the Uts
08:30 Sat BR £5.00 Terry Anderson
156 14 Mar09Ugley, S of Saffron Walden Up the Uts
09:30 Sat BP £5.00 Terry Anderson
103 14 Mar09Ugley, S of Saffron Walden Up the Uts
10:30 Sat BP £5.00 Terry Anderson
N 208 14 Mar09Wellington, Telford Severn to Wye
07:30 Sat [2745m] BR £2 John Hamilton
201 15 Mar09Otford, Kent Invicta 200k
08:00 Sun BR £6.00 Tony Huntington

205 21 Mar09Corwen, N. Wales The Clwydian
08:00 Sat AA0.25 [1950m] BR £4.50 David Matthews
138 21 Mar09Corwen, N. Wales The Clwyd Gate
08:30 Sat [1650m] BP £4.50 David Matthews
107 21 Mar09Washingborough, nr Lincoln Lincoln Imp
09:30 Sat [200m] BP £3.50 Andrew Townhill
207 22 Mar09Great Kingshill, High Wycombe Chiltern-Cotswold Brevet
08:00 Sun BRM £4.00 John Capell
108 22 Mar09Great Kingshill, High Wycombe The Chilterns Spring Populaire
09:00 Sun BP £4.00 John Capell
200 22 Mar09Haslingfield, nr Cambridge End of Hibernation 200
08:00 Sun BR £4.00 John Juckes
100 22 Mar09Lanchester, nr Durham Killhope Grimpeur
09:00 Sun AA1 [1800m] BP £5.00 Joe Applegarth

150 28 Mar09Alfreton, NW of Nottingham North Notts Sleepy Villages
08:00 Sat BP £4.50 Martyn Leighton
307 28 Mar09Oxford The Dean
06:00 Sat [3900m] BR £2.00 David Bew
208 28 Mar09Tongwynlais, NW Cardiff Making Hay
07:00 Sat BR £4.00 John Hayes
202 29 Mar09Bynea, Llanelli Carmarthenshire Snapper
08:00 Sun [800m] BR £4.50 David Harris
200 29 Mar09Poynton, S of Stockport Chirk
08:00 Sun BRM £5.00 Sheila Simpson
210 29 Mar09Stevenage Stevenage Start of Summertime Specials
08:15 Sun BRM £5.00 Paul Boielle
115 29 Mar09Stevenage Stevenage Start of Summertime Specials
10:30 Sun BP £4.00 Paul Boielle
62 29 Mar09Stevenage Stevenage Start of Summertime Specials
11:00 Sun BP £3.00 Paul Boielle
200 29 Mar09Tonbridge/ Sevenoaks Man of Kent 200
08:00 Sun BR £5 David Winslade
102 29 Mar09Wigginton, N of York Fountains Monk'y-business
10:00 Sun BP £2.00 Gerry Boswell

207 04 Apr09Ashleworth Dr Fosters Spring Clean
08:00 Sat BR £3.50 Mark Rigby
102 04 Apr09Picklescott, SW of Shrewsbury Long Mynd '2000m'
09:00 Sat AA1 [1880m] BP £4.00 Ken Knight
59 04 Apr09Picklescott, SW of Shrewsbury Long Mynd '1200m'
10:00 Sat AA1 [1190m] BP £4.00 Ken Knight
103 05 Apr09Falmouth A Cornish 100
09:00 Sun BP £3.50 Adrian Hitchman
50 05 Apr09Falmouth A Bunny Hop
10:00 Sun BP £3.50 Adrian Hitchman
170 05 Apr09Hailsham, E Sussex Supremo's South Coast Super Sportive
07:30 Sun BR £8.00 David Hudson
201 05 Apr09Holmes Chapel, Middlewich Ironbridge 200
08:00 Sun BR £3.50 Rob Kilby
138 05 Apr09Holmes Chapel, Middlewich Hawkestone 130
08:00 Sun BP £3.50 Rob Kilby
100 05 Apr09Minehead Exmoor Spring
09:30 Sun BP £3.00 Pam Almond
213 05 Apr09Newbottle, NE of Durham Northumbria SR - Gilpin's Gallop 200
08:00 Sun BR £5.00 Joe Applegarth
100 05 Apr09Newbottle, NE of Durham Northumbria SR - Gilpin's Gallop 100
09:00 Sun BP £5.00 Joe Applegarth
106 05 Apr09Stapleford, Nottingham Charnwood in the Spring
09:00 Sun BP £3.50 Mark Chambers
207 05 Apr09Wareham Dorset Coast
07:45 Sun AA1.5 [2900m] BRM £7.00 Peter Loakes
102 05 Apr09Wareham Coastlet
09:00 Sun [1300m] BP £4.50 Peter Loakes

400 10 Apr09Anywhere Easter Flêches to York
10:00 Fri BRM £10.00 Peter Gifford
307 11 Apr09Cirencester Heart of England 300
06:00 Sat [2800m] BR £5.00 Peter Holden
210 11 Apr09Leominster, Herefordshire The Cambrian
08:00 Sat AA3 [3860m] BR £6.00 Danial Webb
150 11 Apr09Leominster, Herefordshire Cambrian Minor
08:30 Sat BP £6.00 Danial Webb
120 11 Apr09Leominster, Herefordshire The Welsh Marches
09:00 Sat AA0.25 [1645m] BP £6.00 Danial Webb
301 11 Apr09Meopham, Kent Invicta 300k
03:00 Sat BR £10.00 Barry Jordan
109 12 Apr09Merthyr Tydfil Rhondda Traverse
09:00 Sun BP £4.50 David Jones

114 15 Apr09Marple, near Stockport Cheshire Peak
10:00 Wed AA2 [2250m] BP £5.00 Mike Wigley

212 18 Apr09Alfreton, NW of Nottingham Roses to Wrags
07:30 Sat [1391m] BR £4.50 David Brown
306 18 Apr09Hailsham, E Sussex The Hailsham (Venta) 300
03:00 Sat [3760m] BR £10.00 David Hudson
117 18 Apr09Ludford, NE of Lincoln Lincolnshire Wolds
09:00 Sat BP £3.50 Tim Newbery
216 19 Apr09Bishops Lydeard, NW of Taunton Dustman Dave's Double Doddle
08:00 Sun BR £5.00 Dave Sanders
114 19 Apr09Bishops Lydeard, NW of Taunton Dustman Dave's Doddle
09:00 Sun BP £4.00 Dave Sanders
113 19 Apr09Bishops Lydeard, NW of Taunton Dustman Dave's Demon Hilly
08:30 Sun AA4.25 [3150m] BP £5.00 Dave Sanders
64 19 Apr09Bishops Lydeard, NW of Taunton Dustman Dave's Diddy Doddle
09:30 Sun BP £2.75 Dave Sanders
202 19 Apr09Galashiels Moffat Toffee 200
08:00 Sun [2300m] BR £6.00 Lucy McTaggart
110 19 Apr09Hebden Bridge Spring into the Dales
09:00 Sun AA2 [2205m] BP £3.50 Christopher Crossland
53 19 Apr09Hebden Bridge Leap into the Aire
10:00 Sun AA1.5 [1325m] BP £3.00 Chris Crossland
108 19 Apr09Northmoor, W of Oxford The Harlequin Hack
09:30 Sun [600m] BP £4.50 Ken Knight
213 19 Apr09Shenstone, Staffs Castleton Classic Revised
08:00 Sun [2195m] BR £5.00 Geoff Findon
160 19 Apr09Shenstone, Staffs Derbyshire Dales
08:30 Sun [1680m] BP £5.00 Geoff Findon
102 19 Apr09Shenstone, Staffs Staffordshire Lanes
09:00 Sun [680m] BP £4.00 Geoff Findon

103 25 Apr09Bolsover Wortley Wander
09:00 Sat AA1.25 [1950m] BP £4.00 Matt Connley
310 25 Apr09Poynton, S of Stockport Plains
23:00 Sat BRM £5.00 Sheila Simpson
203 25 Apr09Whitemill, Carmarthen Milford Haven Brevet 200
08:00 Sat [2460m] BR £6.50 John Ridge
103 25 Apr09Whitemill, Carmarthen Carmarthen Bay 100
08:00 Sat AA0.75 [1730m] BP £5.00 John Ridge
305 25 Apr09Wolverley, N of Kidderminster The Elenith
07:00 Sat AA2 [4727m] BRM £8.00 David Pountney
203 26 Apr09High Ham, SW of Street The Nutty Nuns
08:00 Sun BR £5.50 Mark Lilly
105 26 Apr09High Ham, SW of Street The Merry Monk
09:30 Sun BP £5.00 Mark Lilly
110 26 Apr09Llangollen Horseshoe Grimpeur
08:30 Sun AA2.75 [2600m] BP £3.50 Stan Thomas
204 26 Apr09Lymington New Forest Excursion
08:00 Sun BR £6.00 John Ward
160 26 Apr09Lymington New Forest 150
08:00 Sun BP £6 John Ward
104 26 Apr09Lymington New Forest Day Out
10:00 Sun BP £6.00 John Ward
104 26 Apr09Maidenhead 10 Thames Bridges
09:00 Sun BP £3.00 Mick Hill
157 26 Apr09Merthyr Tydfil Dic Penderyn
08:00 Sun [1031m] BP £4.50 Adrian McDonald
100 26 Apr09Merthyr Tydfil Dic Penderyn
09:00 Sun [1031m] BP £4.50 Adrian McDonald

118 29 Apr09Maidenhead Riverside to Riverside
10:00 Wed BP £3.00 Mick Hill

407 02 May09Chalfont St Peter Severn Across
06:00 Sat [3500m] BRM £5.00 Chris Beynon
401 02 May09Chepstow Brevet Cymru (Nouvo)
06:00 Sat BR £7:00 Mark Rigby
401 02 May09Chepstow Brevet Cymru (Classico)
06:00 Sat BR £7:00 Mark Rigby
200 02 May09Oban Port Navigation Light
07:45 Sat BR £4 Graeme Wyllie
110 02 May09Parkend, Forest of Dean The Lumpy Scrumpy 100
10:00 Sat AA2 [2343m] BP £4.00 Trevor Hyde
54 02 May09Parkend, Forest of Dean Dean Bluebell Doddle
10:30 Sat AA1.75 [1399m] BP £4.00 Trevor Hyde
202 02 May09Tongwynlais, NW Cardiff Ride 'Round Rhondda
08:00 Sat AA4 [4250m] BR £4.50 Ian Blake
102 02 May09Tongwynlais, NW Cardiff Across Rhondda
09:00 Sat AA1.5 [1980m] BP £4 Ian Blake
302 02 May09Wigginton, York Wiggy 300
05:00 Sat BR £5.00 Keith Benton
100 02 May09Wigginton, York Wiggy 100
10:00 Sat BP £2.50 Keith Benton
300 03 May09Oban The Half Light
06:00 Sun BR £10 Graeme Wyllie
1000 03 May09Portsmouth Manche to Med
22:00 Sun BP £1145 Sheila Simpson
201 03 May09Tongwynlais, NW Cardiff (Down with) the British
08:00 Sun AA2.75 [3805m] BR £4.50 Ian Blake
201 03 May09Westmoor, N of Newcastle Chevy Chase
08:00 Sun [2000m] BR £5.00 Hugh Harrison
202 04 May09Dean Row,near Stockport May the Forth be with you
08:00 Mon [900m] BR £2.00 Mike Wigley
207 04 May09High Easter, Chelmsford ECCA Festival 200
08:00 Mon [1824m] BR £4.50 Kieron Yates
107 04 May09High Easter, Chelmsford ECCA Festival 100
09:30 Mon [807m] BP £4.00 Kieron Yates
103 06 May09Hurst, E of Reading Dinton 100
10:00 Wed BP £2.50 Pat Lomas

409 09 May09Hailsham, E Sussex The Hailsham 400
10:00 Sat BR £10.00 David Hudson
310 09 May09Meltham, SW of Huddersfield Butty's Brid Trip
06:00 Sat [2000m] BR £7.00 Peter Ralph
209 09 May09Tamworth Two Battles
08:00 Sat [2300m] BR £4.50 Geoff Cleaver
157 09 May09Tamworth Towering Trees
09:00 Sat [1630m] BP £4.50 Geoff Cleaver

106 16 May09Alveston, N Bristol South Glos 100
09:30 Sat BP £4.00 Jane Chapman
619 16 May09Chepstow Bryan Chapman Memorial (2004)
06:00 Sat AA3.25 [8300m] BR £15.00 Mark Rigby
616 16 May09Chepstow Bryan Chapman Memorial (Scenic)
06:00 Sat AA3.75 [8450m] BR £15.00 Mark Rigby
403 16 May09Chiddingstone Causeway, Kent Invicta 400k
12:00 Sat [472m] BRM £8.50 Steve Airey
160 16 May09Meriden Cotswold Challenge
08:00 Sat [2000m] BP £5.00 John Bennett
100 16 May09Meriden Warwickshire Warwickshire Wanderer
09:00 Sat [1000m] BP £5.00 John Bennett
150 16 May09New Road, Richmond, N Yorks Dave's Dales Tour
08:30 Sat BP £4.00 Dave Atkinson
100 16 May09New Road, Richmond, N Yorks Dave's Mini Dales Tour
09:30 Sat BP £4.00 Dave Atkinson
208 16 May09Willington Hall, E of Chester Seamons CC 'Tour of the Berwyns'
08:00 Sat [1750m] BR £5.00 David Barker
135 16 May09Willington Hall, E of Chester Seamons Llangollen Panorama
08:30 Sat BP £5.00 David Barker
102 17 May09Dorchester Dorset Downs
10:00 Sun AA0.5 [1630m] BP £5.00 Peter Loakes
207 17 May09Elstead, Godalming The 28th. Stonehenge 200
08:00 Sun BR £4.00 Mark Waters
150 17 May09Elstead, Godalming The Danebury 150
08:30 Sun BP £3.50 Mark Waters
115 17 May09Elstead, Godalming The Third Elstead 100
09:00 Sun BP £3.00 Mark Waters
200 17 May09Forfar Deeside Loop
08:00 Sun AA1 [3105m] BR £5.00 Alan Ferrier
114 17 May09Forfar Howe of the Mearns
09:00 Sun BP £5.00 Alan Ferrier
210 17 May09Hessle, Hull East Riding 200k
08:00 Sun BR £4.00 Neil Dean
161 17 May09Hessle, Hull East Riding 150k
08:30 Sun BP £4.00 Neil Dean
100 17 May09Hessle, Hull East Riding 100k
09:00 Sun BP £4.00 Neil Dean

104 23 May09Long Melford, Sudbury Four Fords
09:30 Sat [930m] BP £5.00 Andrew Hoppit
204 23 May09Longtown Clarten owwer Caldbeck
08:00 Sat BR £6.00 Ian Dixon
606 23 May09Midhurst, E Sussex The Midhurst 600
06:00 Sat BR £10.00 David Hudson
408 23 May09Poynton, S of Stockport Plains
13:30 Sat BRM £5.00 Sheila Simpson

104 30 May09Crich, Derbyshire Tramway 100
09:00 Sat BP £5.00 Tom Fox
600 30 May09Exeter Kernow and Southwest 600
06:00 Sat AA3.25 [8200m] BRM £9.00 Ian Hennessey
205 30 May09Shrewsbury The Four Rivers Ride
07:00 Sat [2020m] BR £4.50 Ken Knight
167 30 May09Shrewsbury The Three Rivers Ride
08:30 Sat [1350m] BP £4.50 Ken Knight
106 31 May09Boughton Lees, nr Ashford, Kent The Crown
10:00 Sun AA1 [1820m] BP £4.50 Patrick Cherry
D 108 31 May09Caton, NE of Lancaster North Lancs Cycleway and Bowland Forest Populaire
09:00 Sun AA0.75 [1700m] BP £3.00 Mike Hutchinson

linsen

Dirk Van Gently wrote:

linsen wrote:

We could design one in East Anglia! Now that would be punishment....

Arh the old misconception that the Fens, and East Anglia I could pretty much see my destination from the M25
Great sunsets though

Jen J

Great list there - hadn't realised there were so many. Thanks a lot!

sc999cs

Actual Audak UK website is http://www.aukweb.net/cal/index.htm. Non-members can only see 4 months in advance.

Crapaud

From this thread it looks like Cyclosport.org's worth bookmarking. It's probably worth noting that it's a preliminary calender - the same with the audax calendar above.

Jen J wrote:

Must be UK, preferable easy to get to by train, and ride distance ideally over 200 miles.

I did a search for long sportives earlier this year and the longest I could find was the Dave Lloyd Mega Challenge. From the
BR article on the 2009 DLMC it's only 145 miles with 6000m of climbing.

biondino

But that's 5,995 metres more climbing than Jen's prepared to do! You're not help at all!

Crapaud

biondino wrote:

But that's 5,995 metres more climbing than Jen's prepared to do! You're not help at all!

sc999cs

Crapaud wrote:

]I did a search for long sportives earlier this year and the longest I could find was the Dave Lloyd Mega Challenge. From the
BR article on the 2009 DLMC it's only 145 miles with 6000m of climbing.

There is the 600km Offa's Dyke audax during July. Trouble is I know the organiser, and he is very keen on hills...

Crapaud

sc999cs wrote:

There is the 600km Offa's Dyke audax during July. Trouble is I know the organiser, and he is very keen on hills...

Or...

619km 16 May09Chepstow Bryan Chapman Memorial (2004)
[8300m]


616km 16 May09Chepstow Bryan Chapman Memorial (Scenic)
[8450m]

600km 30 May09Exeter Kernow and Southwest 600
[8200m]

Pfffft! These sportive folk talk about tough? :roll:

I'm thinking about:

300 03 May Oban The Half Light 300 06 Jun Kirriemuir The Snow Roads

for next year. And, all being well, the 'Nae Bother to Us 400'.The 300km's will be 75km more than I've ridden in one day before.

I must be mad!!! (hysterical laughter smilie)

Jen J

Crapaud wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

There is the 600km Offa's Dyke audax during July. Trouble is I know the organiser, and he is very keen on hills...

Or...

619km 16 May09Chepstow Bryan Chapman Memorial (2004)
[8300m]


616km 16 May09Chepstow Bryan Chapman Memorial (Scenic)
[8450m]

600km 30 May09Exeter Kernow and Southwest 600
[8200m]

Pfffft! These sportive folk talk about tough? :roll:

I'm thinking about:

300 03 May Oban The Half Light 300 06 Jun Kirriemuir The Snow Roads

for next year. And, all being well, the 'Nae Bother to Us 400'.The 300km's will be 75km more than I've ridden in one day before.

I must be mad!!! (hysterical laughter smilie)

Offa's dyke sound good, but I don't know if July will be doable for me. The ones above for May sound good.

And I can just walk up the hills, can't I...?

daniel_b

Sorry if this repeats info earlier in the thread, but I posted a thread over on tuther forum asking about decent websites for listings, and got these in reply:

http://www.cyclosport.org/events2009.aspx

http://www.bike-events.com/Default.aspx

http://www.everydaycycling.com/

http://www.audax.uk.net/index2.htm

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF ... 9e5f22&z=6

I think the general concensus was that the 1st one was the most comprehensive, and that more 09 dates would begin appearing soon.

Personally I thought the google maps one was awesome, and I think that was posted earlier on in this thread :oops:

Dan

Gussio

linsen wrote:

biondino wrote:

Don't think you're going to find a sportive of any length that doesn't include hills, Jen.

We could design one in East Anglia! Now that would be punishment....

Give me hills over the brutal headwinds of East Anglia any day!

biondino

616km 16 May09Chepstow Bryan Chapman Memorial (Scenic)
[8450m]

This climbs almost the exact height of Mount Everest. Still keen?

lost_in_thought

linsen wrote:

biondino wrote:

Don't think you're going to find a sportive of any length that doesn't include hills, Jen.

We could design one in East Anglia! Now that would be punishment....

Oi! There are totally hills in Essex! How rude...

Tiny Explosions

There's always London-Edinburgh-London if you want a long Audax -1400 miles or so... it's what I'm building up to next year