The Cyclestore.co.uk Geoff Thomas Foundation Cycle Sportive

Cong_Rider
Cong_Rider Posts: 6
edited July 2011 in Sportives/audaxes/training rides
Hi All,

Just a quick post to let everyone know this year’s sportive is all sorted and tickets are now on sale. The event starts in Congleton ideally placed, close to the M6, M56, Stoke on Trent, Manchester, Cheshire and Derbyshire.
The event is on Sunday the 21st of August and covers some of the best country lanes in Cheshire and some of our favourite hills in the peaks, such as Dumbers climb, Thorncliffe and Wildboar Clough.
We have 2 routes, a 26mile and a 87 mile route.

All profit goes to Charity, last year we gave a fully visible costing break down and income, we managed to give 84% of the extra fee to charity and hope to do very similar this time round.

Any questions, please get in touch, if you took part last year, we would love to hear what you thought, don’t forget to add it to Facebook and Twitter to tell your friends.

Check out more at http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/events/

Regards
Pete

Cyclestore.co.uk

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  • MrT999
    MrT999 Posts: 2
    Rode this one last year, thought it was really well organised, good signs, well stocked food stops, fantastic route and the organisers were really friendly. Will definitely be riding it again this year.

    Plus I think it's great how much of the money goes to charity, I'm not too keen on the profit run sportives.

    Cheers
    Matt
  • Cong_Rider
    Cong_Rider Posts: 6
    Thanks for the kind words Matt, tickets are on sale, selling well but there is still room so get your entries in asap, hopefully this years will be even better.

    Pete
  • supergrass
    supergrass Posts: 123
    How demanding is the ride? Really fancy doing it as im localish but a little put off by the comments on another post about the hills etc. This would be my first sportive, I have just done a 60 mile ride last weekend but that’s my top limit at the moment. What sort of times do people do it in? and what’s the callibre of rider do you get?
  • Ands
    Ands Posts: 1,437
    supergrass wrote:
    How demanding is the ride? Really fancy doing it as im localish but a little put off by the comments on another post about the hills etc. This would be my first sportive, I have just done a 60 mile ride last weekend but that’s my top limit at the moment. What sort of times do people do it in? and what’s the callibre of rider do you get?
    I did it last year and I loved it. It was my first sportive. I had never ridden more than 83km before and I did 125km on the day (got lost for a bit near the end!) I did have the benefit of a decent amount of Alpine climbing 2 weeks before I did this but I will also add I'm female and not that powerful and I managed ok. It took me 6 hrs.

    I did see people walking up the hills at one point....but does it matter? Give it a go - you'll love it. I'm in two minds this year as I'm struggling to get consistency in my training.
    Cannondale Six Carbon
  • Cong_Rider
    Cong_Rider Posts: 6
    There's no better training that setting goal in the future to work to, get yourself entered.

    It was a great day, especially with the weather, hopefully this year will be the same.

    I spend most of the day in the van driving round to make sure people are ok if you get in any trouble, however its pretty standard that you take as much time as you need, some people try to set real fast times, most people ride for fun and the distance is the challenge, not the time.

    Its for a good cause, give it a go

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