If you paid attention during GCSE geography you would assume this cycle ride would be flat based on its location, but it’s far from it. Ok, there are no killer climbs, no real leg breakers, but if you tackle the long route of the Suffolk Spring Classic you’ll be gaining over 1000 metres of elevation which equates to an awful lot of little lumps and bumps.
From start to finish, the beautiful quite lanes are constantly up and down like a restless child, the small climbs robbing you of momentum, then the following descents gifting it back. Many of the inclines are so slight you’ll not notice them until the legs send back a message to click down a gear or two, their increase in gradient invisible to the naked eye.
Visiting the three counties of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex the routes navigate around the towns of Haverhill, Saffron Walden and Sudbury thus avoiding areas of congestion allowing you to enjoy the free-flowing traffic free roads. From one idyllic village to the next between the high hedgerows and farmland your cares will simply drift away as you cruise around this sleepy part of England.
Featured climb: Ashdon Hill
The profile of this route resembles an upturned saw, just one with very small teeth. Look hard enough however and you’ll spy the odd tooth with a slightly sharper edge, like Ashdon Hill which features on the 80-mile route. An arrow straight line of 5% gradient this somewhat testing ascent, although no Hardknott Pass, is just about tough enough to allow the skinny riders a chance to show off.
Prices:
Epic: GBP 40.0
Standard: GBP 40.0
Short: GBP 31.0
U16: GBP 3.0
Category: Sports and Leisure, Cycling
Maybe a mix up between alarming and disturbing.
You dismissed life changing injuries as an accident when they were the result of deliberate, illegal choices. I'm glad you're not working the courts.
Amazing how many people still seem to believe the police just go after "hurty words". Actually they go after people who make death threats against...
I saw that. Comments closed and wiped out !...
Think it's also we judge our by our own standards. Given UK infra so clearly signals "drivers, this space is for you" people maybe don't expect...
This reflection is in a similar vein.
Forgive me if this is the bleedin' obvious, but AIUI Strava records your times and distances so you can pore over your rides and work out what you...
Don't recall this gem
His election victory was covered by American Horror Story: Cult (7th season). It also has Twisty return in that series as well as having a few...
The wet that's already on you tends to be quite warm (depending on quickly it's falling on you, of course), whereas when you get hit with a dousing...