ENTRIES OPEN 1st FEBRUARY 2025

A super fun audax style spin featuring a choice of three rides in the glorious Chilterns. Finishers will get one of our sought after patches / roundels as a trophy, all included in the (petite) price. It's a value for money, not to be missed gala occasion celebrating West London Cycling's fourth birthday; A Bank Holiday Bash brought to you by the same person responsible for the legendary May Day Chiltern Audaxes from Ruislip in years past. Expect the same fun as those, but now a British Cycling event.

This is an Audax style event and isn't for beginners, no signage or rescue but who needs those in the era of bike computers and mobile phones? There will be free refreshments at the start and finish with a GPX file to navigate from and a Route Sheet as back up, all for just a £12 entry fee. Bring your own bars/gels etc for the ride, or stop at one of the cafes en-route.

You can ride at any speed you like, but we would expect you to average between, say, 15kph and 33kph depending on your chosen ride / fitness / what you did the night before..

Like an audax, you get your Brevet Card stamped at our cafe stop control, answer a couple of simple questions on the route and write the answers in your Brevet Card (which is also stamped upon completion). At the end you get to keep your Brevet Card and also get cloth patch / roundel to prove you did it and keep as a prestigious souvenir

We will email you a GPX file of the route during the fortnight leading up to the event, together with a route-sheet for you to print out as back up. You will need a bike computer (eg Garmin or Wahoo) to load the GPX file in to. This is easily done by synching a Wahoo with Strava or Ride With GPS etc (free online) or using Garmin Connect if you are a Garmin user.

It's fun, fun, fun with 70km, 100km or 200km options.

The 200km (1,725m ascent) route, heads out into the Chilterns towards our cafe control at Pitstone then spears out from the Chiltern hinterland on a picturesque and cycling friendly route north of Luton and back through Hertforshire..The 100km  (1,025m ascent) is slightly over distance this year, at 107km and the route, as usual, shares the 200km route to Pitstone (cafe stop) through the Chilterns but then turns Southwards and loops back through some classic Chiltrern lansdscape climbing to Studham in another all new route. The 70km (700m ascent) route is a classic Chiltern route encompassing the Berkhamsted before returning via  Chipperfield, no particularly challenging climbs, but manageable hilly terrain with some nice lanes.

Entries open 1st February 2025, close when sold out.

Info for Riders

ENTRIES OPEN 1st FEBRUARY 2025

Starts at St.Martin's Church Ruislip at 8am (200km Ride), 8.30am (100km Ride)  9.00am (70km ride). Free Bank Holiday parking across the road in municipal car park

You will need to be able to navigate from a GPX file on your bike computer or mobile device. A route sheet will be available as back up. You will need to be self reliant, so this is not for beginners.