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Rideventures: Autumn Epic - the first climb

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Sportives in mid-Wales and the West Midlands. Autumn Epic - the first climb. I'll be covering all the significant hills on the Autumn Epic. Over the next few weeks - here's the first one you'll encounter on the October sportive. The route heads north-west out of Knighton on the gently rising B4355. The road is in a valley with the River Teme on your right (and the Wales/England border). On the day this is a 20km warm-up where group pacelines develop. About 200m beyond a red "Danger Landslip" sign the hil...

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Rideventures: Sportives

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Sportives in mid-Wales and the West Midlands. Rideventures is currently involved in 3 sportives:. The Tour d'Arts Alive. June in South Shropshire. We provide route planning and organisation to these events based on years of riding continental sportives plus reviewing UK events for www.cyclosport.org. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Do you ride in KMs or Miles? Autumn Epic - Abbey-cwm-Hir climb. Autumn Epic - the first climb. Maratonna dles Dolomites - 3 part coverage. GF Eddy Merckx review.

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Rideventures: Reviving the Devil Ride

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Sportives in mid-Wales and the West Midlands. Reviving the Devil Ride. After the success of the Autumn Epic. Sportive it seemed natural to take a look at bringing back it's brother event - the Devil Ride. This sportive has a more chequered history running from 2008 to 2012 with radical route changes during that time. I decided to have a look at the original:. So yesterday I spent the day driving around this route. Or rather I spent to whole morning trying to find a viable way out of Builth Wells. There's...

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Shropshire Hills Cyclist: Bufton's Bank, Church Stretton

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Guide to big hills in Shropshire for road cyclists. The Burway, Church Stretton. Asterton Bank, Long Mynd. Group ride from Church Stretton. Jiggers Bank, Ironbridge. Bufton's Bank, Church Stretton. A popular local climb with good roads and reasonable gradients. The Strava section starts immediately past this cottage and junction but the first half km or so is pretty flat. It starts going upwards from beside this white fence - but just 3% gradient. After the turning it's 8 to 10% for a good while. Basford...

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Shropshire Hills Cyclist: Edgton

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Guide to big hills in Shropshire for road cyclists. The Burway, Church Stretton. Asterton Bank, Long Mynd. Group ride from Church Stretton. Jiggers Bank, Ironbridge. This climb approaches the little hamlet of Edgton from the West. You start at a small multiple junction and take a relatively easy road going East. It starts to gain gradient very gradually over the length of a long straight and as it heads towards the left and into some trees you'll be cycling up an 18% slope. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Shropshire Hills Cyclist: Kenley Bank

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Guide to big hills in Shropshire for road cyclists. The Burway, Church Stretton. Asterton Bank, Long Mynd. Group ride from Church Stretton. Jiggers Bank, Ironbridge. Just after the climb out of Acton Burnell you drop down and soon turn left sign-posted to the Langley Chapel. Roads around here can be muddy and twisty, but soon things get much straighter though that just gives you a better view of what is to come. Drop down from Ruckley going towards the Langley Chapel. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Shropshire Hills Cyclist: Clun Sportive update

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Guide to big hills in Shropshire for road cyclists. The Burway, Church Stretton. Asterton Bank, Long Mynd. Group ride from Church Stretton. Jiggers Bank, Ironbridge. Due to a recent surge in numbers we are very near our capacity for the event - there are a few places left. We are very likely to fill up way before our late June closing date - enter NOW to avoid disappointment! Https:/ www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/123915/The-Clun-Sportive. Provisional date for 2016 is Sunday 26th June.

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Shropshire Hills Cyclist: Basford Bank, Edgton

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Guide to big hills in Shropshire for road cyclists. The Burway, Church Stretton. Asterton Bank, Long Mynd. Group ride from Church Stretton. Jiggers Bank, Ironbridge. Basford Bank, Edgton. After a while you come out of the woods, into the light and everything goes flatter - there's still loads of normal 12 to 10% climbing to do but you are slowly coming out on top. Narrow, leaf strewn, rough surface. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Autumn Epic sportive, Knighton. Big hills in Shropshire. Ash Lea, Minsterley.

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Shropshire Hills Cyclist: Clun Sportive update

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Guide to big hills in Shropshire for road cyclists. The Burway, Church Stretton. Asterton Bank, Long Mynd. Group ride from Church Stretton. Jiggers Bank, Ironbridge. A few places have become available due to last minute drop outs - contact if you have been disappointed. Have been distributed to all participants - download a version from the Rideventures. There are also route cards. To download for the Clun 100 and Clun 50. Autumn Epic sportive, Knighton. Big hills in Shropshire. The Hills covered so far:.