Organisers of the Deloitte Ride Across Britain are offering a free Elite turbo trainer worth £140 or men’s or women’s Brooks B17 saddle worth £65 for the 10 road.cc users signing up to register for the full route of next year’s fourth edition of the event, which starts on 8th June.
The nine-day, fully supported, 960-mile ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End, which was announced at the end of August, will see 700 cyclists ride through some of Britain’s most spectacular scenery including Glencoe, Shap Fell, Dartmoor and Land’s End.
This year’s route went the other way, from Cornwall in the southwest to the northeast of Scotland, with some of the highlights captured in the following short film made by organisers Threshold Sports as well as in a series of blog posts here on road.cc by recent convert to cycling Jax Fanshawe.
The free turbo trainer or Brooks saddle are available to the next 50 participants signing up for the full nine-day package via the event website and entering the code ROADCC2013 at checkout. The cost is £1,750 and includes:
Before the Ride:
• Training programme tailored to your level
• Additional training advice and support from our expert Technical Director
• Online training tools that to track your progress
• Rider forum to meet other riders and share tips and experiences
• Access to exclusive training days
• Special offers on equipment, kit and maintenance costs
• Maintenance and bike fitting guides to ensure you and your bike are in optimum shape.
During the Ride:
• Full signposting along the epic route from Land’s End to John O’Groats
• Expert chaperone guides for all groups of riders
• Accommodation every night in either university campus twin rooms or single tents
• Showers at base camp
• Baggage transfer each day
• Breakfast & dinner each
• Pit stops with snacks
• Full medical support on road & in base camps
• Timing chips with automatic web uploading
• Secure overnight bike storage
• GPX route files
• Broom wagon pick up
• Phone & camera charging facilities
• Professional photographers along the route capturing every moment.
There is also a four-day Scotland Package, costing £950, finishing in Carlisle, where the five-day England Package, costing £1,150 starts off to carry on along the route south.
TBF I think that's before she saw the light and got on her bike. Not so great if her views have been informed by Mr. Briggs though.
I hope I'm not being a delicate snowflake, ignorant of the lessons of the school of hard knocks, department of that's how it is, university of life...
Genuine question - what is the baseline? As in - what do transport secretaries get done on average in - say - 6 months? (Noting that the bigger...
That's a great price. Just bear in mind Import duty and handling charges will be applied pre delivery.
It's a standard technique. See my longer comment....
It happens so often that people need to drive expecting it to happen. People walk / jog across the road without looking all the time, particularly...
Yep, I appreciate your problem. I wouldn't buy a bike without at least sitting on the same frame configuration on a trainer in the shop, something...
One less thing to clutter up your jersey pockets no? Though difficult to retrieve in a hurry...
was it one of these? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202411246675771?
Houchen is utterly corrupt and morally bankrupt, as readers of Private Eye know all too well.