The Lewis Balyckyi Memorial Sportive Ride - Preston 18th Sep 2011

[Dilbert]

Found a link to this the other day on the CDNW website. A good cause and some lovely routes.

I have just entered the 70km route, and it will be my longest & hilliest ride to date if I make it round

 

[moxey]

I'm doing the full route, although i've riden further I think it's going to be hilliest I've done. Not been over waddington before .

Looking forward to the challenge though.

 

[madpensioner]

can you tell me what the route/distance is please

 

[Dilbert]

Good luck Moxey, I'm saving that one for when I am a bit fitter. I am doing it with a couple of friends from work, and most of our cycling is limited to 12 mile commutes. we are setting off at 8 so if you pass somebody in a lime green BTwin top with a face to match say hi.




Madpensioner - there are three routes, 32km (flatish to Bonds Icecream shop at Elswick and Back, 70km which skirts the Bowland fells and 100km which goes over Waddington Fell and the Trough of Bowland. There are route maps for the two longer rides on the page linked in the OP, they are a bit of a faf as they open as a zip file with a .png image of the route in it.




HTH

 

[smokeysmoo]

Mmmm, I quite fancy this. I'll float the idea to my colleagues tomorrow and see if I can't get them involved too.

 

[Dilbert]

Found better info here, including Bike Toaster maps, profiles and route cards. For some reason, in an interesting display of group-think, my colleagues and I had independently assumed we were doing it anticlockwise, however the flat bits first.

Hope this wind drops!!

 

[moxey]

I'll keep a look out for you Dilbert.

I'd also assumed it was anti-clockwise when I looked at it.

Enjoy it !!

 

[bezzoh]

The girlfriends brother has convinced me to do the 100km on Sunday, however the biggest ride i've done in the past has been Manchester > Blackpool. Be honest... is this going to physically ruin me?

 

[bezzoh]

Actually.. does anyone know if this ride will be martialled or at least signposted? Its not exactly an area I know, and I wont be keeping up with the guy I'm taking part with, I know that for a fact!

 

[brokenflipflop]

That's a point. I assumed, in my ignorance, that there will be big groups of cyclists and I'd be following everyone else - is it not like that?

 

[bezzoh]

Turns out the two guys I'll be trying to keep up with will be riding with the wallis team. I've got no chance and am hoping for lots of day-glo signs to point me in the right direction.


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