Call for The Kidderminster killer & Clee to Heaven audaxes

Beacon RCC Events

......AND NOW IT IS TIME TO ENTER YOUR NEXT EVENT ON 17TH AUGUST

Now with added cake and bacon sandwiches



Now it is time to sign up for the next new, uber-cool, trendy and sexy Beacon RCC audax event, plus cake.

Start: Belbroughton, north Worcestershire.




The Kidderminster Killer - 215km

- An epic ride to Mid-Wales and back with 3,750m of climbing through Salop and The Marches.
- Stunning views are the reward for the day's hard effort.
- Refreshed route for 2013
- An audax event with a 26 year pedigree (long before the word 'sportive' ever came to fruition)
- You may with trepidation but you will finish with elation and a knowledge that if you can ride The Kidderminster Killer you can ride anything .

From Clee to Heaven - 120km

- A venture into deepest rural Shropshire along a figure of 8 route. Strangely, the Clee Hills are rarely visited by any cycling event, so you will be in for a treat.
- Refreshed route for 2013
- The route is hilly with 2,000m of climbing but riders be rewarded but the idyllic countryside of South Shropshire and its blue hills.

Overall features:

- Excellent cafe controls located at conveniently situated locations
- Refreshments at HQ before and after the event
- GPS Downloads
- New innovative route card sheets
- GHQ start and finish point located not too far from Birmingham
- Showers and changing facilities
- Easy access to motorway network (M5 & M42)
- Online internet entry

Details and entry at: http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/audax/killerclee/index.html

dead sheep

I would not miss this for the World. My entry is already in.

As a word of warning to any Kidderminster Killer novices, bring your lights. This is no joke! Last year a few individuals were caught out despite the good Doctor's warnings. Whilst most 200km routes can be completed before dusk, The Kidderminster Killer can easily take longer.

Anyone seeking an easier day would be recommended to ride the short version, From Clee to Heaven, which is a great route, so I am told.

There are a couple of good blogs from last year at http://machacasonwheels.blogspot.co.uk/ ... derminster and http://machacasonwheels.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=clee

VTech

I would be well up for this, would prefer it to be with a group to keep company.

Bobbinogs

Yepp, lovely route and well recommended this one but you will need your climbing legs!

I did this last year and thoroughly enjoyed it but cannot make it this time around as I am off to the Jura Mountains with the family (and I happen to be taking my bike ).

Philip Whiteman

VTech wrote:

I would be well up for this, would prefer it to be with a group to keep company.

Generally speaking you will find people to ride with. The overall group usually fragments into smaller ones based upon preferred speeds. Few people ever ride alone.

Emphursis

That's only just up the road from me, don't think I'm fit enough yet but I'll definitely try it out in a year or two!!

Philip Whiteman

Both events now half filled with several weeks still to go.

The routes have been checked this week:
- some nice tweaks to improve some sections
- the shorter Clee audax now avoids a long tedious drag by a further traverse of Brown Clee
- GPX files have been amended
- new route cards will soon be uploaded to the Beacon website
- potholes identified and reported to Shropshire council for filling in readiness for the event
- Cake and bacon sandwiches on order :?

nevman

We did the Killer last year as part of our End to End training and its no picnic but its certainly scenic and very well run.Beats most UK sportives into a cocked casquette.

Peddle Up!

I rode the Clee to Heaven route yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. Excellent organisation, cracking cake stops (Ray's Farm is nice in the summer, I'll bet ), and last but not least a great route.

Although I've visited this part of the world several times I didn't know it in the sense that you get a feel for a county by riding the lanes and climbing the hills. Despite the dismal forecast, the "weather fairies" were good to us and we only caught a heavy shower around midday, although the wind was getting up as the afternoon progressed.

I find cyclists are generally a friendly lot and this was borne out by the easy conversations and camaraderie en route. Definitely one for the diary next year.

Philip Whiteman

The following are now available, courtesy of Charles White :

The Video: Kidderminster Killer & Clee to Heaven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... aocQ#t=293

KK Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beaconrcc/ ... 151795823/

Clee to Heaven : http://www.flickr.com/photos/beaconrcc/sets/72157635151795823/