New Sportive, July 10th, £10 entry fee!

chipperleenie
chipperleenie Posts: 217
edited May 2011 in Sportives/audaxes/training rides
PETERBOROUGH CYCLING CLUB
Sportive - Sun 10th July.

Two routes – The ‘Wild’ route – 85 miles.
The ‘Tame’ route – 55 miles.

Headquarters and start and finish - Southwick Village Hall,
Main Street Southwick, Nr Oundle, Peterborough PE8 5BL.

First riders set off at 8-00am.

Feed stations – 2 on the ‘Wild’ route and 1 on the ‘Tame’ route.

~ Entry Fee – only £10!! ~.. WHY PAY MORE???

Limited number of riders so enter early to avoid disappointment!

“All the fun of a sportive at less than half the cost”

 Feed stations (with toilets)  Refreshments at HQ.
 Plenty of free parking.  Fully signed route.
 Covered by BC insurance.  Accurate timing.
 HQ next door to a pub!  Challenging route on country roads
 Great weather (Hopefully!)

Entry by entry form only – please download from the Peterborough Cycling Club website at http://www.peterboroughcyclingclub.co.uk

Any queries please email thewildride@hotmail.co.uk
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Comments

  • chipperleenie
    chipperleenie Posts: 217
    The route for this is now available at:

    http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=onkumbujfwmyhagx

    It may start near Peterborough but this is definitely not a flat ride!
    Over 3500ft of climbing!
  • redrobbo
    redrobbo Posts: 727
    Lot of railway bridges? :wink:
  • Legshaver
    Legshaver Posts: 75
    This is a lovely area for a sportive. The roads are quiet, and the villages look similar to those in the Cotswolds, and are every bit as pretty. Granted the short sharp inclines are lacking, but there are plenty of long steady climbs that will have you breathing hard.

    I would do this, but I'll be in Germany, so perhaps next year I'll give the long one a go. I hope the weather is sunny and calm.
  • chipperleenie
    chipperleenie Posts: 217
    Nope, no railway bridges, it covers some of the same roads and climbs as the Melton Cicle Sportive or Discover Rutland.
    No fen roads at all, it is all in Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, so plenty of short sharp climbs - see the profile on the gpsies link above.
  • chipperleenie
    chipperleenie Posts: 217
    The routes are now finalised and available for viewing and download on gpsies.com

    Here are the links

    http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=onkumbujfwmyhagx for the long route

    and

    http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=fnkzkmkpqqyxibxi for the short route

    Both have a good amount of climbing on them. Get your entries in now, only £10.

    Entry form can be downloaded from http://www.peterboroughcyclingclub.co.uk/content/view/517/70/
  • Ron Stuart
    Ron Stuart Posts: 1,242
    Would I be correct in thinking that where the route meets itself again we do left turns to avoid crossing traffic... ie. Clockwise? This also ties in with the first feed at 'Middleton' and would I be right in thinking it is also the second feed for the wild route? :)
  • chipperleenie
    chipperleenie Posts: 217
    There is one right turn where the route rejoins but after that they are lef so that there is no crossing. I really cannot see that being a problem, after all you need to obey normal traffic laws - sportives are not races.

    Feedstation is at Middleton - Rockingham Forest Wheelers clubhouse, twice on long route, inside toilets at feed.

    We have ridden the route a couple of sundays ago and it is all very quiet roads, we saw hardly any traffic at all and as you can see it does not go on any major trunk roads and crosses the A43 on a bridge to avoid that.

    Look forward to seeing everyone on the 10th. Entries will be accepted upto the Monday before the event

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