Tackling one of the season’s toughest sportives is not for the faint-hearted or worse still, for the under prepared. The Evans Cycles feature ride, the King of the Downs is a serious challenge at 113 miles and with over 9,000 feet of climbing. Every rider will need to put the training in and ensure they and their bike is totally prepared.
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Last Call for Wiggle Magnificat - Sunday 3rd June
Celebrate the Jubilee weekend in true cycling style and experience a great day of cycling; from recreational to first time sportive riders, to competitive and motivated experienced cyclists, and to ladies only rides.
Davina McCall Returns to Sussex for DIVA100
TV's Davina McCall along with almost 400 women-cyclists raised over £60,000 when they took to the saddle again for a women-only bike ride for a children's charity on Sunday 13 May.
Wiggle Ups and Downs REVIEW
Despite starting close to Dorking, the re-scheduled Wiggle Ups & Downs refreshingly eschewed some of the more obvious climbs of the North Downs, instead taking in a variety of interesting and lesser known hills and scenery of the area with the climbing loaded at the front and back of the ride. The mechanical and in ride support were second to none and this time round the weather even played along.
Become the 2012 Evans Cycles Super Sportiver - The Ultimate Sportive Competition
Sportives are great fun. Taking part in events is often a fantastic way to meet new friends, see new parts of the country, challenge yourself and try out your latest new kit. But do more than a couple of events a year and the whole process can become quite expensive. So we've teamed up with the UK's leading high street cycle retailer, Evans Cycles, to offer readers a unique chance to become a sponsored sportive rider for the 2012 season.
WIN: New Stephen Roche Born to Ride Autobiography + Meet the Man Himself
We've got a great opportunity over on Twitter for three of our readers to attend the exclusive and private book launch of Stephen Roche's new autobiography, Born to Ride. The lucky winners will get to meet the Triple Crown winner at the central London launch, as well as receive a signed copy of the new autobiography, hot off the press.
Last Call for the Wiggle Magnificat
Celebrate the Jubilee weekend in true cycling style and experience a great day of cycling; from recreational to first time sportive riders, to competitive and motivated experienced cyclists, and to ladies only rides.
Stars of the Future Set to Shine at Virgin Money Cyclone Weekend
The 100% ME cycling team, a hotbed of rising talent, has entered a team of rising stars to race at Newcastle and Northumberland's Virgin Money Cyclone weekend (28 June to 1 July).
Letters Home: Racing Abroad BLOG May 2012
"Trying to become a pro cyclist" has been, for the last 3 years, the standard response when someone asks me what I’m doing with my life at this moment in time. But, truth be told, until fairly recently not even I knew what that really meant.
The Fred Whitton Challenge REVIEW
Billed as a 112 mile ultra hilly challenge ride over all the famous Lake District Passes in a single day, the Fred Whitton Challenge gets it right on so many fronts living up to being arguably the toughest Sportive Event in the UK set against a backdrop of the most dramatic scenery England has to offer.
Road and Off Road Sportives Come to Guildford
CTC, the UK's national cyclists' organisation, are pleased to announce a weekend of road and off road events from Guildford, Surrey, on 26th and 27th May 2012.
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