WE HAVE BEEN BUSY REFINING EVERYTHING FOR THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY RANDONAX RIDES, OUR NEW ROUTES ARE COMING TOGETHER NICELY, CAFE STOPS ARRANGED, FRAME STICKERS ARE PRINTED, FINISHERS’ ROUNDELS ORDERED AND ROUTE SHEETS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED. ENTRIES ARE FLOODING IN TOO, HAVE YOU SECURED YOUR PLACE YET?

Bank Holiday Monday 28th August from St.Martin’s Church, Eastcote Road, Ruislip, HA4 8DG

70km, 100km and 200km route options

ENTRY VIA BRITISH CYCLING … DETAILS HERE

Just £10 entry, each finisher receives a woven roundel / patch and reflective bike frame sticker. Food included at start and finish, and three great routes to choose from at 200km, 100km or 70km.

Starts from St.Martin’s Church Hall, Eastcote Road, Ruislip, HA4 8DG. Free parking opposite in municipal car park in St.Martin’s Approach

The 200km route, heads out into the Chilterns towards our cafe control at Pitstone before heading back to pass Whipsnade Zoo and take in the iconic Ivinghoe Beacon and another climb before passing the Great Train Robbery Bridge. It then continues westwards to loop Thame and climb back up the Chiltern Ridge en-route back to Ruislip. About 1,900m of climbing in 200km with three significant climbs. The 100km route, shares the 200km route to Pitstone (cafe stop) through the Chilterns but then turns Westwards and loops back through some classic Chiltrern lansdscape passing Wendover Woods and the Roald Dahl museum. The 70km route is a classic Chiltern route encompassing Chesham and Hawridge before returning via  Chipperfield, no particularaly steep climbs, but manageable hilly terrain with some nice lanes.

200km starts 8am

100km starts 8.30am

70km starts 9am

ENTRY VIA BRITISH CYCLING £10 (plus £1 fee) or £15 on the day.

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 second 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 nor 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 £10 entry fee. Bring your own bars/gels etc for the ride, or stop at one of the cafes en-route. Entry may be available at £15 on the day if spaces are still available.

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 … oh and the mudguard / frame sticker which is relective and enhances your visibility.

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.

THERE IS A ROUTE PICTURE GALLERY HERE

Here are the three ride profiles: