Rides in the NW List

Cleat Eastwood
Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
edited May 2011 in Sportives/audaxes/training rides
Just a reprint of my own list as it appears in another thread. Its by no means extensive, just a list of rides I was interested in. Would be grateful for any feedback on any of the rides. Muchos cheers.


March
Wiggle Cheshire Cat

April

Peak 100(cheshire/derbyshire)
Wrynose or bust(a big boys event!!!)
Pendle Witches

May

Rivington 100 (100miles or K)
Polocini legs and kegs
Polcini are getting good feedback from an even held about a week or 2 ago in another post on here so it looks good....beer and bikes whats not to like.
Manchester to Liverpool

June
Polka Dot Challenge

Manchester- Chester
Chia Ride
The chia ride does the roadss I ride so I was reluctant to do this last year but apparently its Vgood. Takes in parbold hill/appleby bridge etc, essentially an extended club run.

July
3 routes for all sorts of bikely types including a 90m 'sportive'
Liverpool Chester Liverpool

I love this ride, so relaxed and so much fun, and about 5000 taking part.
Manchester Blackpool

Gonna try and do this this year if only for the name.
Tour De Staveley
Cheshire Plains and Peaks
Cross Pennine
This ones organised bu southport CC
Bill Bradley Memorial

August
Formerly the pendle pedal. beastly, you need some miles in the legs.
Bowland Beast
Broken Spoke Chester
Meant to be very good value for money.

September
Go on give it a go.
Manchester 100
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

Comments

  • robklancs
    robklancs Posts: 498
    what about the 100 mile action aid ride in september starting in cockerham, lancaster?
  • Garz
    Garz Posts: 1,155
    I completed the wrynose or bust last year and should be doing it again this year. Not on your list but two others I completed last year were:

    Pennine Challenge (Oldham, saddleworth, rochdale) 100km, end of May
    Lancashire Loop (lune valley, bowland fells, ribble valley) 100 mile, end of September

    All pretty tough for different reasons. I do want to try the rivington 100 as it's on my doorstep.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    You missed off the BikeRadar spring fling on Sunday!
  • rhnb
    rhnb Posts: 324
    Le Terrier? - June 5th - 102 miles
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Loved the broken spoke last year - any ride that gives you a tea stop and then one with beans on toast is a good one in my book.
  • nickwill
    nickwill Posts: 2,735
    Fred Whitton in May
    http://lakescyclist.wordpress.com/
  • Jonny7c
    Jonny7c Posts: 35
    cougie wrote:
    Loved the broken spoke last year - any ride that gives you a tea stop and then one with beans on toast is a good one in my book.

    Must agree with this post - hot beans on toast on a pretty miserable day set me up nicely for the last couple of climbs.

    The course itself was good though there were some missing signs in the last 10k which meant a lot of the riders took the wrong route back. I think a local farmer was suspected and they have addressed the issue for this year.

    The climb out of Pontfadog was real killer - very steep, wet and gravelly but really enjoyable to look back on.
  • LeighB
    LeighB Posts: 326
    Another Sportive on July 3rd is The Three Counties Challenge.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/21286698@N06/
  • Scotter
    Scotter Posts: 52
    September 11th "The Cumbrian" - A very big boy`s event!!!
  • mr_poll
    mr_poll Posts: 1,547
    Heard that the rivi 100 has been cancelled. Did it last year and enjoyed it.

    Signed up for the Polcini Legs and Kegs event - looks good.
  • thebigredone
    thebigredone Posts: 23
    Another one. 29th of May: http://www.xtramileevents.com/events/ca ... he-roaches

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